Towau Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Towau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Towau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Towau is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Towau.
How Common Is The Last Name Towau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Towau reside; 79 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 79 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Towau is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: New Ireland, where 50 percent live, West Sepik, where 45 percent live and East New Britain, where 5 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Towau
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis