Towaga Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Towaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Towaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Towaga (13) may also be a first name.

Towaga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Towaga is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Towaga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Towaga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Towaga occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 65 percent of Towaga reside; 65 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 65 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Towaga is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Towaga is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 69 percent reside and Enga, where 31 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Touwaga92119/
Towagai9244/
Towaiga921/
Towaghat868/
Tawaga83905/
Tewaga83755/
Tuwaga8313/
Tobaga8313/
Towega831/
Towago831/
Tuwagha777/
Tovanga776/
Towaige772/
Tawagai771/
Touwago771/
Towounga719/
Toowange712/
Tawangha711/
Touvanga711/
Touwagou711/
Towagger710/
Taboga67736/
Tevaga67448/
Tubaga67388/
Tabaga67381/
Tavaga67321/
Tuwhangai6759/
Tobage6739/
Tobagi6738/
Tawago6726/
Tovage6725/
Tovoga6719/
Tawagy6715/
Tawage679/
Tawagi678/
Tuboga676/
Tawega674/
Towego674/
Tobagy671/
Tovagi671/
Tavega671/
Tobago671/
Toboga671/
Tuwoga671/
Touwangoy671/
Tavoga671/

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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 Towaga
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