Tomiwa Surname
Approximately 480 people bear this surname
Tomiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 409 | 1:433,112 | 22,320 |
| Japan | 62 | 1:2,062,005 | 28,203 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tomiwa (4,224) may also be a first name.
Tomiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tomiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tomiwa is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tomiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 635,252nd most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Tomiwa reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tomiwa is also the 106,711th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 4,224 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 433,112. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 38 percent reside, Lagos, where 36 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 13 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomoiwa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tommiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tomoiwau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tumiwa | 83 | 2,422 | / |
| Tamiwa | 83 | 14 | / |
| Tomiwo | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tomuwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tomiova | 77 | 7 | / |
| Thomuwa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Tomiwei | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tomieva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomibai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tumiwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomeewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toimiva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toumewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomiewo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomibhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Toymieva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tomeba | 67 | 436 | / |
| Tomeva | 67 | 291 | / |
| Temuwa | 67 | 131 | / |
| Tomevi | 67 | 72 | / |
| Temewa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Tumewa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tomewo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tamuwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tamiba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Temywa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tamewa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tomibi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tomibe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tomibo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tomebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamiwi | 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
- 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 Tomiwa
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