Tiaw Surname

781,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tiaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1531:192,77311,436
Indonesia1221:1,084,01078,297
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Philippines241:4,218,259160,165
Senegal181:809,9632,817
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England31:18,572,686338,250
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tiaw (296) may also be a first name.

Tiaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tiaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tiaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﺎﻭ) is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiaw? popularity and diffusion

Tiaw is the 781,947th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. The surname Tiaw occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Tiaw reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 512,632nd most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 296 people.

The last name Tiaw is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 192,773. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Selangor, where 78 percent live, Sarawak, where 12 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent live. Not including Malaysia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 34 percent live and Singapore, where 7 percent live.

Tiaw Last Name Statistics demography

Tiaw earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.88% less than the national average, earning $33,275 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thiaw8947,915/
Tjiaw8959/
Tiawe8950/
Tihaw892/
Tieaw891/
Tijaw891/
Thiawe801/
Tiab756,431/
Tiav751,500/
Tiow75948/
Tjaw7535/
Tyaw753/
Tjauw67803/
Tijow67206/
Tiafe6747/
Tajow6746/
Tjawe6728/
Tjhaw6724/
Taiow6714/
Tiowe679/
Thiow678/
Tijav674/
Tijab672/
Tiayb671/
Tihow671/
Thiaf671/
Tjaiw671/
Tiayv671/
Tehaw671/

Tiaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tiaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻴﺎﻭtyaw-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tiaw
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