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 last name Tiwo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tiwo is the 366,882nd most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,421,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Tiwo are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tiwo is also the 562,655th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 251 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 421,768. In Nigeria Tiwo is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Osun, where 16 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Tiwo 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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- 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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