Tiwao Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Tiwao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Tiwao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiwao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tiwao is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiwao? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Tiwao live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 54 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 46 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Tiwao
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