Torowo Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Torowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Torowo (15) may also be a first name.

Torowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Torowo is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Torowo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Torowo reside; 72 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 72 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.

Torowo is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Torowo is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 69 percent live and Madang, where 31 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toroowo925/
Tourowo921/
Torowa8354/
Torobo8345/
Toruwo8310/
Torovo831/
Toroiwa7728/
Torrobo771/
Thorobo771/
Torgowa771/
Toroboy771/
Torouwa771/
Torowas771/
Toroova771/
Torovoy771/
Tourouwa712/
Targowoh711/
Toroba671,544/
Torova67259/
Tarowa6790/
Terowa6775/
Tarawo6735/
Torová6718/
Torawa6712/
Torubo678/
Toruwa674/
Touroubou671/
Toravo671/
Torabo671/
Turuwo671/
Torewa671/
Turovo671/

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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 Torowo
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