Tiawan Surname

238,146th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tiawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,5471:85,4888,984
Liberia1331:33,1473,107
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tiawan (695) may also be a first name.

Tiawan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tiawan occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tiawan.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiawan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 238,146th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,327,521 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Tiawan live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 313,557th most common first name internationally, held by 695 people.

It is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,547 people, or 1 in 85,488. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Java, where 25 percent are found, Central Java, where 13 percent are found and South Sumatra, where 13 percent are found. Barring Indonesia Tiawan is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dtiawan9212/
Thiawan926/
Tiawhan924/
Tiawahn921/
Tiawain921/
Taiyawan861/
Thiawane861/
Tiawon83146/
Tyawan8349/
Tiaban8324/
Tihajwang801/
Tihaiwang801/
Tjawane7738/
Tiawoun7712/
Tyawane7711/
Tayowan772/
Tiahuan771/
Tihowane719/
Tayyawan712/
Thiavanh711/
Tiawotin711/
Taiyawong67197/
Tiovan6730/
Teavan676/
Tiavon675/
Tiouan674/
Tiavam671/
Thyaswand671/
Tioban671/
Tyaban671/
Tiawom671/

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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 Tiawan
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