Towap Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

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

Towap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Towap Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1891:43,1415,280
Indonesia491:2,698,963156,404
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062

Towap (39) may also be a first name.

Towap Last Name Facts

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

Towap is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Towap? popularity and diffusion

Towap is the 1,032,007th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Towap reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 39 people.

Towap is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 43,141. In Papua New Guinea Towap is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 77 percent live, Hela, where 15 percent live and Western Highlands, where 4 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 20 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Towape9159/
Towaap916/
Touwap911/
Tawap80137/
Towab8033/
Tuwap8014/
Tovap8010/
Tewap802/
Tuwape73138/
Tawape7323/
Taewap735/
Towayb735/
Tojuap732/
Tawaph731/
Touwab731/
Thuwape6710/
Thouwab671/
Towahab671/
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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 Towap
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