Towas Surname

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

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Towas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Towas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Towas (41) may also be a first name.

Towas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Towas occurs most in Pakistan. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Towas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Towas is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Towas are found; 39 percent are found in South Asia and 39 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 41 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,520,555. In Pakistan Towas is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 100 percent are found. Beside Pakistan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.

Towas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Towas has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Towas Last Name Statistics demography

Towas earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning $46,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Towase91230/
Towats916/
Thowas915/
Towash913/
Toways911/
Towashe833/
Thowase831/
Tawas801,384/
Tobas80200/
Tuwas8041/
Tovas8038/
Tewas8032/
Towac805/
Towos803/
Towaj801/
Towaz801/
Tawash73299/
Tobash73188/
Tawast73142/
Tuwase73120/
Tobais73104/
Tawase7374/
Toubas7373/
Tovaas7372/
Towose7347/
Tobeas7339/
Toveas7315/
Tobass7313/
Tawais7310/
Towaij738/
Tovase737/
Thawas736/
Toivas734/
Tawass733/
Towots733/
Toyuas732/
Touvas732/
Toweus731/
Tawuas731/
Tawats731/
Tawasd731/
Tovìas731/
Tobasz731/
Tobays731/
Tawaus731/
Towace731/
Tobìas731/
Toweys730/
Touvais6736/
Tawasse6730/
Towoshe6710/
Tawashe678/
Thawase677/
Tuwashe677/
Tobaihs673/
Htewash672/
Touwose672/
Tawaise672/
Tobaish671/
Tovhash671/
Toibaas671/
Toshuas670/
Toubeas670/

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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 Towas
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