Towak Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Towak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Towak (18) may also be a first name.
Towak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Towak has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Towak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Towak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Towak is the 2,843,861st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Towak occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Towak reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 18 people.
Towak is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 4,898,118. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 63 percent live and Papua, where 37 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Nicaragua, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towake | 91 | 62 | / |
| Touwak | 91 | 3 | / |
| Toewak | 91 | 2 | / |
| Towack | 91 | 1 | / |
| Toowack | 83 | 1 | / |
| Touwake | 83 | 1 | / |
| Toswack | 83 | 0 | / |
| Tawak | 80 | 349 | / |
| Towok | 80 | 80 | / |
| Tewak | 80 | 27 | / |
| Towag | 80 | 17 | / |
| Tuwak | 80 | 13 | / |
| Tovak | 80 | 6 | / |
| Towac | 80 | 5 | / |
| Thowaikh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Touwahak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tawake | 73 | 2,980 | / |
| Tawack | 73 | 41 | / |
| Toovak | 73 | 39 | / |
| Towaiq | 73 | 8 | / |
| Toubak | 73 | 8 | / |
| Thowok | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tuwake | 73 | 5 | / |
| Thawak | 73 | 5 | / |
| Toobak | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tauwak | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tawakk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Towoke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tohbak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toyuak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thobak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tawakh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tawaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tovake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toubakh | 67 | 423 | / |
| Thawake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuwakhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teuwack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thovake | 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 Towak
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