Tilawa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tilawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tilawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tilawa (24) may also be a first name.

Tilawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tilawa is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tilawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tilawa is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Tilawa reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 24 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 13,224,919. In Indonesia Tilawa is most numerous in: East Java, where 60 percent reside, South Sumatra, where 20 percent reside and Bengkulu, where 10 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tilawah92146/
Tuilawa927/
Tilawad922/
Telawa8353/
Tilava8347/
Tilawi8341/
Tulawa8321/
Tilawe8320/
Tilewa8319/
Thilawath803/
Tilavat771,675/
Tailava77111/
Tilaeva7760/
Tilavai779/
Tuilewa774/
Tilavaj773/
Tailewa773/
Tulawai772/
Tilabay772/
Titlawo771/
Thelawa771/
Tilavad771/
Tilabai771/
Tielava771/
Tilyaeva7145/
Thilawet7120/
Tilabhai717/
Tailavad711/
Tilavais711/
Tilavaid711/
Tilavaai711/
Tiliaeva711/
Telaiwad711/
Tullaway710/
Tilova673,561/
Tileva67849/
Telewa67660/
Tulava67304/
Tilave67234/
Telawy67183/
Tulowa6769/
Tilavi6746/
Tulewa6718/
Tilabi6717/
Telawi6716/
Telawe677/
Tailavaya673/
Tilabe673/
Telava672/
Telawo671/
Tiloba671/
Thailavat671/
Tilowi671/
Tilewo671/
Telowa671/
Tilavahad671/
Tilavo671/

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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
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  • 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 Tilawa
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