Tiwas Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tiwas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiwas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia741:1,787,151115,268
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tiwas (37) may also be a first name.

Tiwas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tiwas is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiwas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Tiwas live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tiwas is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 37 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 1,787,151. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Bali, where 70 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 15 percent live and West Java, where 9 percent live. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 17 percent live and Taiwan, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiewas916/
Tiwase916/
Tibas80706/
Tivas8089/
Tuwas8041/
Tewas8032/
Tiwaz804/
Tiwax801/
Tiwaj801/
Tewase73204/
Tivase7389/
Teibas7354/
Teivas7335/
Tievas7322/
Tibash7316/
Tibais736/
Toivas734/
Taivas733/
Taibas732/
Tiwosz731/
Tiouas731/
Tiovas731/
Ttivas731/
Taiwos731/
Tywase731/
Tivash731/
Thaiswast711/
Teibash6781/
Tibhais6719/
Thewase676/
Teswase675/
Taiwose673/
Tivashe672/
Htewash672/
Taibash671/
Thiweis671/
Tewhase671/
Tewaase671/
Tewatts671/
Toibaas671/

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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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  • 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 Tiwas
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