Towing Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

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

Towing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Towing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Towing (102) may also be a first name.

Towing Last Name Facts

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

The last name Towing is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Towing click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Towing? popularity and diffusion

The last name Towing is the 5,057,639th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Towing reside; 53 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 935,178th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 102 people.

The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 40 percent are found and The Philippines, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tobing8338,992/
Tawing83352/
Tuwing83238/
Toweng8313/
Tewing8311/
Towinc830/
Thewing7762/
Tawieng776/
Tewieng775/
Tawaing773/
Tobingg773/
Tewwing771/
Tawings771/
Tojuing771/
Tahwing771/
Tawng7322/
Tobng734/
Towengke7169/
Thawieng713/
Thaweing712/
Tuywieng711/
Tabing673,372/
Thawng672,608/
Tübing67172/
Tobeng67109/
Tubing67100/
Teweng6789/
Taweng6770/
Tuweng6734/
Töbing6715/
Tobink6713/
Thuiwieng671/
Tobinq671/

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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 Towing
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