Tiwu Surname

454,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tiwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia6731:196,50718,692
Cameroon451:461,53538,189
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tiwu (2,480) may also be a first name.

Tiwu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tiwu is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tiwu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 454,874th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Tiwu are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tiwu is also the 148,306th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 2,480 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 673 people, or 1 in 196,507. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 93 percent reside, East Kalimantan, where 2 percent reside and Southeast Sulawesi, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taiwu8942/
Tiwou8929/
Tiwuh8914/
Teiwu895/
Tiewu893/
Tiwau892/
Taiwou809/
Taiwau802/
Tiewou801/
Thiwou801/
Tibu754,627/
Tewu751,379/
Tuwu7597/
Tivu7596/
Tichwut730/
Taibu675,377/
Tibau67857/
Tewou67650/
Tewuh67434/
Tuwuh67196/
Tibui67134/
Thewu67115/
Toibu6782/
Tibou6749/
Tuwau6731/
Taivu6722/
Tivut6717/
Thuwu6712/
Tywua6712/
Tivud6711/
Teewu6710/
Tibhu674/
Teibu673/
Tuibu673/
Tibeu673/
Tivus673/
Tewau673/
Tivou672/
Tivau672/
Tewui672/
Tiwoe672/
Teweu671/
Tewuu671/
Tewgu671/
Thivu671/
Tyowu671/
Tibuy671/
Teawu671/
Teuwu671/

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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 Tiwu
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