Titus Surname

4,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118,894 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Namibia

Titus Surname Definition:

(Latin) is prob. conn. with Latin Titan, Greek Τιτάν, 'a giant’.

Titus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria33,9341:5,220680
United States21,3041:17,0142,148
South Africa19,2351:2,817360
Tanzania10,6561:4,968672
Kenya8,4531:5,463761
Namibia4,4611:54054
Ghana3,3251:8,1271,104
Sudan2,5201:14,8852,042
Papua New Guinea2,3781:3,429168
India2,3171:331,06018,273
Canada1,3901:26,5083,543
Saudi Arabia1,1531:26,7613,711
Sri Lanka8771:23,7273,118
Haiti7821:13,6621,313
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
Indonesia5311:249,05722,747
Jamaica4711:6,093766
Liberia3711:11,8831,287
Botswana3471:6,3021,041
Oman3431:10,7521,359
England3281:169,87215,639
Vanuatu2751:957231
Malaysia2211:133,4588,588
Trinidad and Tobago1791:7,6201,129
Australia1631:165,61817,113
Bahrain1621:8,3251,494
Cameroon1581:131,45014,816
Germany1181:682,25052,603
Russia1171:1,231,82189,522
Singapore1161:47,4801,839
Zimbabwe1051:147,03118,799
Marshall Islands951:545102
Kuwait871:43,6865,304
Benin841:123,04313,434
Guatemala751:214,4363,943
Argentina711:602,02042,723
Solomon Islands701:8,2861,347
Netherlands621:272,37433,874
Antigua and Barbuda561:1,771303
Uganda551:709,80535,417
France521:1,277,360130,443
Chile471:374,81910,292
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Sweden421:234,44716,276
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United Arab Emirates261:352,39522,843
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
United States Virgin Islands221:5,017770
Ivory Coast191:1,214,27527,625
Iceland181:21,1161,735
Pakistan171:10,508,46449,949
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Guyana151:50,8154,586
Barbados131:22,1111,112
Zambia131:1,219,22530,856
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Romania101:2,007,78754,092
Senegal101:1,457,9343,873
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Saint Lucia71:25,5401,703
China51:273,464,31313,838
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Wales51:618,90625,852
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Gambia41:480,863548
Grenada41:27,1341,180
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Micronesia41:26,561731
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Panama41:978,06412,245
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Macau21:300,8151,009
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominica11:75,891912
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales301:52,2812,643
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7941:8,6671,111

The alternate forms: Titüs (1) are calculated separately.

Titus (229,018) may also be a first name.

Titus Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Latin) is prob. conn. with Latin Titan, Greek Τιτάν, 'a giant’.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Titus (safe).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Titus Last Name Facts

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

Titus (Arabic: تيتس, Hindi: टाईटस, Marathi: टाईटस, Oriya: ତିତୁସ, Russian: Титус) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Titüs. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Titus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,744th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 61,294 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Titus live; 32 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,580th most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 229,018 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 33,934 people, or 1 in 5,220. In Nigeria Titus is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent reside, Adamawa, where 12 percent reside and Taraba, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 127 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent reside and South Africa, where 16 percent reside.

Titus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Titus has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 368 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,491 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Titus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Titus last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Christian (98%) in Kenya, Christian (91%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Titus last name are 12.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Titus earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 22.28% less than the national average, earning R 184,704 per year; in Colombia they earn 62.88% less than the national average, earning $8,426,760 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.22% more than the national average, earning $44,537 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.51% less than the national average, earning $46,448 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Titüs931/
Taitus911,608/
Titous91422/
Tittus91144/
Tietus9163/
Thitus9136/
Tithus9120/
Titush9113/
Ttitus9111/
Titeus915/
Tituse914/
Tituss913/
Tituis912/
Titust912/
Teitus912/
Tidtus911/
Toitus911/
Dtitus911/
Tuitus910/
Titu8920,159/
Taitous83166/
Thaitus835/
Titouse833/
Tithaus832/
Taittus831/
Titusss831/
Ttittus831/
Titos8018,308/
Taitu8012,112/
Titou802,152/
Tytus80453/
Thitu80371/
Tutus80227/
Tistu80163/
Tetus8055/
Titau8045/
Titut8030/
Tittu8030/
Titeu8024/
Tithu8017/
Tituu8011/
Toitu8010/
Tituh805/
Tuitu804/
Titui804/
Titup802/
Teitu802/
Tituz801/
Titux801/
Tihtu801/
Tijtu801/
Titusova7711/
Titousse771/
Titouh73494/
Tuitui73306/
Teitou73208/
Tytush73138/
Tuituy73116/
Tuittu73100/
Toitos7373/
Thittu7355/
Taitos7355/
Taitou7345/
Titaux7338/
Thitui7337/
Tietou7333/
Titaud7325/
Tuitau7317/
Tettus7316/
Thithu7316/
Tuituu7315/
Tytusz7315/
Tutush7314/
Toitou7313/
Testus738/
Titout738/
Tuitou737/
Htitou734/
Thituy734/
Taituh733/
Tittos732/
Tistou732/
Titaut732/
Teitud732/
Taytus731/
Tithos731/
Thistu731/
Tetous731/
Tittou731/
Tetuse731/
Taitau731/
Taitut731/
Toitau731/
Tituce731/
Thetus731/
Tioteu731/
Thaitu731/
Teetus731/
Tuytus730/
Teatus730/
Titoes730/
Titushova712/
Tetu674,728/
Thithui67110/
Thiteux67108/
Têtu6766/
Taituha6753/
Tétu6717/
Taithui6710/
Titouch677/
Titouha676/
Titó676/
Thistup675/
Thithuy675/
Thaitud674/
Tytu673/
Thidtuy672/
Tiththu671/
Thestus671/
Teteuss671/
Theiteu671/
Taitoss671/
Tiethou671/
Titouhe671/
Thoitud671/
Teteush671/
Teettus670/

Titus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Titus in the Oriya language
ତିତୁସtitusa42.86
ଟାଇଟସ୍ta'itas14.29
ଟାଇଟସta'itasa14.29
ତିତସtitasa14.29
ଟିଟୁସtitusa14.29
Titus in the Marathi language
टाईटसta'itasa34.12
तीतूसtitusa22.35
िटटुसitatusa14.12
िटटूसitatusa7.06
िततुसitatusa5.88
टीटूसtitusa4.71
टीटसtitasa3.53
िततूसitatusa2.35
टाइटसta'itasa2.35
टीटूजtituja1.18
टीटुसtitusa1.18
तीतुसtitusa1.18
Titus in the Hindi language
टाईटसta'itasa33.33
तीतुसtitusa28.57
टाइटसta'itasa19.05
टिटुसtitusa9.52
टार्इटसtar'itasa9.52
Titus in the Russian language
Титусtitus-
Titus in the Arabic language
تيتسtyts-
تايتوسtaytws-

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Titus Reference & Research

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