Touw Surname

192,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Aruba

Touw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Touw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,3511:12,5001,791
United States2541:1,427,00498,129
Indonesia1751:755,71057,892
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Canada891:413,99536,402
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Singapore261:211,83510,313
England201:2,785,90397,972
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Aruba181:5,749789
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Touw (239) may also be a first name.

Touw Last Name Facts

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

Touw has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Touw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 192,064th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,323,094 people. Touw is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Touw live; 62 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe. Touw is also the 578,640th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 239 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,351 people, or 1 in 12,500. In The Netherlands Touw is most numerous in: South Holland, where 41 percent live, North Brabant, where 21 percent live and North Holland, where 17 percent live. Besides The Netherlands Touw occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.

Touw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Touw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Touw surname expanded 8,467 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Touw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Touw surname are 23.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.31% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Touw earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.89% less than the national average, earning R 100,080 per year; in United States they earn 3.53% more than the national average, earning $44,671 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.54% more than the national average, earning $61,376 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Touwe89321/
Thouw899/
Touyw891/
Touws891/
Tow864,616/
Tuw8670/
Touewe801/
Towe756,389/
Towa754,898/
Teuw752,302/
Thow751,408/
Tuwe751,152/
Toub751,020/
Tauw7585/
Tuwp7532/
Touf7526/
Toiw7515/
Htow7514/
Toow759/
Toew758/
Thuw757/
Tojw752/
Towh752/
Tuew751/
Tosw751/
Towf751/
Toww751/
Tuhw751/
Tuvw751/
Tuww751/
Ttow751/
Ttuw751/
Dtow751/
Toubowa731/
Tuhwe67771/
Tijow67206/
Tauwe67122/
Thauw67118/
Thowe67114/
Thuwe6767/
Htouf6758/
Toufe6758/
Teuwe6754/
Theuw6750/
Tajow6746/
Touff6731/
Toewf6718/
Towhe6718/
Taiow6714/
Toowe6713/
Towch6712/
Tiyow6710/
Tohwe679/
Teuws677/
Htuwe677/
Touev676/
Tuuwe673/
Tovws673/
Tuwhe671/
Toyaw671/
Touef671/
Toupf671/
Dthow671/
Tuwch671/
Towfe671/
Ttouf671/
Dtowa671/
Tojaw671/
Toowh671/
Toubh671/
Tuiew671/
Thoww671/
Tousf671/
Thuow671/
Dtouf671/
Towth671/
Thuew671/
Thoew670/
Tejow670/
Toufs670/

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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 Touw
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