Tiwo Surname

366,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 982 people bear this surname

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

Tiwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4201:421,76821,856
Philippines2441:414,91152,494
Cameroon1371:151,59916,647
Papua New Guinea861:94,81112,690
Indonesia421:3,148,790173,812
England351:1,591,94567,242
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

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 last name Tiwo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tiwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiwo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 366,882nd most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,421,126 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Tiwo reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 562,655th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 251 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 421,768. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 31 percent reside, Lagos, where 30 percent reside and Osun, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taiwo89169,287/
Tiwou8929/
Toiwo8916/
Teiwo899/
Tiewo896/
Tiwoa892/
Tiwop892/
Tuiwo891/
Taiwoa8010/
Taiwou809/
Taaiwo808/
Taiwoo807/
Thaiwo804/
Ttaiwo804/
Taiwwo803/
Taiwoh802/
Tiwosz801/
Tiwooh801/
Tiewoh801/
Taiwoy801/
Taiwho801/
Taiwoi801/
Tihwoh801/
Tiewou801/
Tgaiwo801/
Thiwou801/
Thiewo801/
Tiwa757,849/
Tuwo753,902/
Tibo753,472/
Tewo75920/
Tivo75486/
Tjwo7557/
Tywo754/
Taibo6716,717/
Tiwaa672,452/
Toivo671,954/
Taiwa671,197/
Tewou67650/
Teibo67389/
Toiwa67223/
Taivo67175/
Thiwa67175/
Tuwoh67155/
Toibo67131/
Tiwah6795/
Tiboy6780/
Taîwo6774/
Teiwa6773/
Tiewa6770/
Tiova6757/
Tewod6752/
Tibou6749/
Tiboi6730/
Tiwua6722/
Thivo6717/
Tievo6714/
Tuwoo6712/
Tivos6711/
Thewo6711/
Tuwuo678/
Tewoh678/
Taywo676/
Tuwwo676/
Tiboo675/
Tuibo674/
Tewoy674/
Tivoh673/
Teewo673/
Toywo673/
Tivou672/
Tihvo672/
Thuwo672/
Tuiwa672/
Teuwo672/
Tivot671/
Tuwoi671/
Tuhwo671/
Tijwa671/
Tihwa671/
Teivo671/
Taiwò671/
Taıwo671/
Tivuo671/
Ti'bo671/
Tuivo671/
Thywo671/
Tuewo671/
Tewop671/
Tajwo671/

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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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