Tiow Surname

377,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 948 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tiow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia5331:55,3364,254
Indonesia3621:365,32931,419
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Tiow (597) may also be a first name.

Tiow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tiow is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 377,044th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,687,285 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Tiow reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 342,194th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 597 people.

The surname Tiow is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 533 people, or 1 in 55,336. In Malaysia Tiow is mostly found in: Selangor, where 31 percent live, Johor, where 16 percent live and Penang, where 16 percent live. Beside Malaysia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and Singapore, where 2 percent live.

Tiow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tiow are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Tiow earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 39.68% more than the national average, earning $60,271 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tijow89206/
Taiow8914/
Tiowe899/
Thiow898/
Tihow891/
Thiowe802/
Tihowe802/
Tieowa802/
Tihowa801/
Teow753,914/
Tiaw75362/
Tjow7562/
Tyow754/
Tiob754/
Tiof754/
Tiov751/
Thiaw6747,915/
Tihov67303/
Tyowa6780/
Tjiaw6759/
Tiawe6750/
Tajow6746/
Tiofe6728/
Tyowe674/
Teowa673/
Tihof673/
Tijov673/
Theow673/
Tihaw672/
Thiob672/
Teowe671/
Teouw671/
Tijaw671/
Thiof671/
Teows671/
Tieaw671/
Tjovw671/
Tejow670/

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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 Tiow
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