Tivu Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

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

Tivu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tivu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
Uganda471:830,62338,869
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tivu (92) may also be a first name.

Tivu Last Name Facts

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

Tivu (Hindi: टीवु, Oriya: ଟିଭୂ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tivu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tivu is the 1,894,523rd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Tivu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Tivu are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 992,070th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 92 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea Tivu is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 47 percent reside, West New Britain, where 45 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 6 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 49 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taivu8922/
Tivut8917/
Tivud8911/
Tivus893/
Tivou892/
Tivau892/
Thivu891/
Toivut8027/
Tivaux806/
Thaivu802/
Taivou801/
Tivaut801/
Toiveu801/
Thivou801/
Tiveus801/
Tievou801/
Thivau801/
Tibu754,627/
Tiwu75745/
Tevu7550/
Tuvu7513/
Thiveux7331/
Thivaud733/
Tivault732/
Thivaut731/
Thievau731/
Taibu675,377/
Tibus671,314/
Tibau67857/
Timpu67743/
Tibui67134/
Tibud67100/
Toibu6782/
Tibut6769/
Tibou6749/
Taiwu6742/
Thivault6741/
Tevou6731/
Tiwou6729/
Thibu6723/
Tuvau6718/
Tiwuh6714/
Tibuh6714/
Tuvui6712/
Tyvus679/
Teevu675/
Tevus675/
Teiwu675/
Tibhu674/
Teibu673/
Tibeu673/
Tuibu673/
Tiewu673/
Thuvu672/
Tiwau672/
Thevu671/
Tuyvu671/
Tyveu671/
Tivoe671/
Tiobu671/
Tyovu671/
Tibuy671/
Teveu671/
Tevau671/

Tivu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tivu in the Oriya language
ଟିଭୂtibhu-
Tivu in the Hindi language
टीवुtivu50
तिवूtivu25
टीवूtivu25

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tivu
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