Towek Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Towek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Towek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Towek occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Towek.
How Common Is The Last Name Towek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Towek is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Towek is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Towek reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Towek is most common in: Enga, where 53 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 47 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touwek | 91 | 9 | / |
| Toek | 89 | 211 | / |
| Touweke | 83 | 7 | / |
| Tojek | 80 | 253 | / |
| Toyek | 80 | 97 | / |
| Tawek | 80 | 32 | / |
| Tovek | 80 | 10 | / |
| Toweg | 80 | 6 | / |
| Tuwek | 80 | 5 | / |
| Tewek | 80 | 3 | / |
| Toeck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Taweek | 73 | 45 | / |
| Tuweke | 73 | 39 | / |
| Taweke | 73 | 30 | / |
| Tobekk | 73 | 13 | / |
| Touyek | 73 | 6 | / |
| Taswek | 73 | 4 | / |
| Toyeke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Touiek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tayoek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taweik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teweik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tojeck | 73 | 1 | / |
| Htewek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taek | 67 | 9,519 | / |
| Touk | 67 | 584 | / |
| Teik | 67 | 480 | / |
| Teak | 67 | 451 | / |
| Teek | 67 | 321 | / |
| Tiek | 67 | 303 | / |
| Toeg | 67 | 49 | / |
| Toik | 67 | 46 | / |
| Teuk | 67 | 28 | / |
| Touwick | 67 | 8 | / |
| Toec | 67 | 8 | / |
| Toyk | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tuek | 67 | 7 | / |
| Taweekh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tyek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tojk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thobeek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teyk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toubeck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teeweek | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Towek
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