Tiwak Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Tiwak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiwak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Tiwak (55) may also be a first name.

Tiwak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tiwak is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiwak? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Tiwak is primarily found in Asia, where 54 percent of Tiwak live; 54 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tiwak is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 55 people.

The surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia Tiwak is most common in: Perak, where 100 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiwake9138/
Thiwake832/
Tiwag8067/
Tewak8027/
Tiwok8022/
Tuwak8013/
Tiwax801/
Tibakh73160/
Tewake7327/
Tihbak739/
Tivake738/
Taiwok734/
Tibaak732/
Taivak731/
Tiewok731/
Tievak731/
Teibakk6722/
Taiwoke672/
Taiwook671/
Teuwack671/

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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 Tiwak
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