Tirwa Surname

284,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Tirwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tirwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal8421:33,8251,237
India3481:2,204,21173,357
Bhutan1521:4,053236
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tirwa (28) may also be a first name.

Tirwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tirwa (Tibetan: ཏིར་ཝ།) is found in Nepal more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tirwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Tirwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 284,799th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,394,186 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tirwa are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tirwa is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 28 people.

The last name Tirwa is most frequently occurring in Nepal, where it is borne by 842 people, or 1 in 33,825. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Mahakali, where 100 percent live and Bagmati, where 0 percent live. Outside of Nepal it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent live and Bhutan, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tirwad9113/
Tirway912/
Tairwa911/
Tairrwa835/
Tuirewa831/
Tairewa831/
Tierway831/
Tirva80115/
Tirba8081/
Tirua8066/
Turwa8027/
Tirwo8012/
Terwa8011/
Tirwe806/
Trewa802/
Tyrwa801/
Tairua73165/
Terway73126/
Terwua73112/
Terwad737/
Toirua736/
Tirvad736/
Turwah736/
Trewai736/
Tyorwa734/
Thirva732/
Terwah731/
Terwha731/
Thirua731/
Therwa731/
Turway731/
Terwaj731/
Trzewa731/
Teerwa731/
Therway679/
Therwat674/
Tirbhai674/
Tierwey672/
Terwait671/
Dhtirva671/
Tirbaha671/
Terwaiz671/
Terwahe671/
Tairweh671/
Teherwa671/
Trewhea670/

Tirwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tirwa in the Tibetan language
ཏིར་ཝ།tirwa91.96
ཏིར་ཝར།tirwar8.04

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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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  • 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 Tirwa
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