Tiriau Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tiriau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiriau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1341:495,69269,430
Papua New Guinea1101:74,1259,709

Tiriau (32) may also be a first name.

Tiriau Last Name Facts

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

Tiriau is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiriau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,032,007th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Tiriau live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 32 people.

The surname Tiriau is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 495,692. In France Tiriau is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 52 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 26 percent reside and Normandy, where 9 percent reside. Excluding France this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 45 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thiriau92151/
Tiriaux921/
Thiriaux8694/
Tiriault8641/
Thiriaud8619/
Thirieau869/
Tiriou8314/
Turiau831/
Teriau831/
Thiriault803/
Theriau77102/
Thuriau7719/
Teuriau7712/
Thiriou776/
Tyriaux772/
Tirious771/
Terriau771/
Teriaux771/
Thirioux71142/
Therieau7162/
Thurieau7160/
Theuriau7147/
Teriault7127/
Theriaux7121/
Theriaut714/
Theriaud713/
Thériaud711/
Thériaut711/
Therriau710/
Terrieau710/
Theriault6728,656/
Thériault67716/
Terriault67107/
Teriou67102/
Therriaud6737/
Theriautt673/
Thèriault671/
Tehriault671/
Terriautt670/

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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 Tiriau
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