Tiwo Surname
Approximately 982 people bear this surname
Tiwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 420 | 1:421,768 | 21,856 |
| Philippines | 244 | 1:414,911 | 52,494 |
| Cameroon | 137 | 1:151,599 | 16,647 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Tiwo (251) may also be a first name.
Tiwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tiwo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tiwo is the 366,882nd most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 7,421,126 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Tiwo live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 562,655th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 251 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 421,768. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Osun, where 16 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwo | 89 | 169,287 | / |
| Tiwou | 89 | 29 | / |
| Toiwo | 89 | 16 | / |
| Teiwo | 89 | 9 | / |
| Tiewo | 89 | 6 | / |
| Tiwoa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Tiwop | 89 | 2 | / |
| Tuiwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Taiwoa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Taiwou | 80 | 9 | / |
| Taaiwo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Taiwoo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Thaiwo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ttaiwo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Taiwwo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Taiwoh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tiwosz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tiwooh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tiewoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Taiwoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Taiwho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Taiwoi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tihwoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tiewou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tgaiwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thiwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thiewo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tiwa | 75 | 7,849 | / |
| Tuwo | 75 | 3,902 | / |
| Tibo | 75 | 3,472 | / |
| Tewo | 75 | 920 | / |
| Tivo | 75 | 486 | / |
| Tjwo | 75 | 57 | / |
| Tywo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Taibo | 67 | 16,717 | / |
| Tiwaa | 67 | 2,452 | / |
| Toivo | 67 | 1,954 | / |
| Taiwa | 67 | 1,197 | / |
| Tewou | 67 | 650 | / |
| Teibo | 67 | 389 | / |
| Toiwa | 67 | 223 | / |
| Taivo | 67 | 175 | / |
| Thiwa | 67 | 175 | / |
| Tuwoh | 67 | 155 | / |
| Toibo | 67 | 131 | / |
| Tiwah | 67 | 95 | / |
| Tiboy | 67 | 80 | / |
| Taîwo | 67 | 74 | / |
| Teiwa | 67 | 73 | / |
| Tiewa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Tiova | 67 | 57 | / |
| Tewod | 67 | 52 | / |
| Tibou | 67 | 49 | / |
| Tiboi | 67 | 30 | / |
| Tiwua | 67 | 22 | / |
| Thivo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Tievo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tuwoo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tivos | 67 | 11 | / |
| Thewo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tuwuo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tewoh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Taywo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tuwwo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tiboo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tuibo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tewoy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tivoh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Teewo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Toywo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tivou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tihvo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thuwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tuiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teuwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tivot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuwoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuhwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tijwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tihwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teivo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taiwò | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taıwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tivuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ti'bo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuivo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thywo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tewop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tajwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tiwo
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