Tokwan Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Thailand

Tokwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tokwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tokwan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tokwan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tokwan.

How Common Is The Last Name Tokwan? popularity and diffusion

Tokwan is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Tokwan live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Tokwan is most common in: Kaduna, where 89 percent reside and Plateau, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 47 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tokwane92285/
Tohkwan9226/
Tokhwan9220/
Tokwain9218/
Thokwan928/
Tokkwan922/
Thokwane862,634/
Tohkhwan8616/
Tongkwan8613/
Thokhwan861/
Takwan83496/
Tekwan83267/
Tokuan8329/
Tokwon832/
Tukwan831/
Thongkwan80274/
Takwane77173/
Tukwane77157/
Tukwain7717/
Thakwan778/
Tokwong772/
Tekwain771/
Taekwan771/
Taakwan771/
Thukwan771/
Tunkwan771/
Thukwane71758/
Thogwane7130/
Tongkuan719/
Thukwang719/
Thakwane718/
Tonghwan717/
Tukkwang714/
Tukwayne711/
Tookwoon711/
Togban67270/
Toguan6787/
Takuan6749/
Tagwan6734/
Taqwan6729/
Tekuan6722/
Thongwhan6716/
Tegwan6712/
Thonghwan6710/
Thongkwon671/
Thukkwang671/
Tukwam671/
Tukuan671/
Toquan671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tokwan
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