Tiriu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

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

Tiriu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiriu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tiriu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tiriu is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tiriu.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiriu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Tiriu occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Tiriu live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Tiriu is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 50 percent reside and Morobe, where 50 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tirziu911,359/
Tiroiu91175/
Tiriou9114/
Tirius913/
Tairiu912/
Thiriou836/
Tirajiu831/
Turiu804/
Tiryu802/
Tirju801/
Thirieau779/
Terziu731,561/
Tîrziu73678/
Teriou73102/
Terius7364/
Tyrziu7333/
Tiréus737/
Terțiu734/
Turoiu732/
Tairyu732/
Terjiu731/
Teirău731/
Terriu731/
Terriou67101/
Theriou6783/
Terrieu6715/
Terioiu672/
Thyriou672/
Terrius671/

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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 Tiriu
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