Towmy Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Towmy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Towmy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towmy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Towmy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻣﻲ) is most common in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Towmy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Towmy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Towmy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Towmy are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 107,760. In Mauritania Towmy is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 42 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 37 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Mauritania Towmy is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towmey | 91 | 8 | / |
| Touwmy | 91 | 3 | / |
| Towmmey | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tewmy | 80 | 144 | / |
| Towmi | 80 | 63 | / |
| Tawmy | 80 | 34 | / |
| Towma | 80 | 12 | / |
| Towme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tovmy | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tewmey | 73 | 94 | / |
| Towmer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Towmee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Towmes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tovmay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Thawmoey | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tovma | 60 | 388 | / |
| Tewmi | 60 | 92 | / |
| Tawmi | 60 | 9 | / |
| Tawma | 60 | 5 | / |
| Thawmi | 55 | 174 | / |
| Tawmui | 55 | 1 | / |
| Tubmey | 55 | 1 | / |
| Tawmmi | 55 | 1 | / |
| Tovmer | 55 | 0 | / |
| Thawmit | 50 | 3 | / |
| Thawmer | 50 | 1 | / |
Towmy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Towmy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻣﻲ | altwmy | 90 |
| ﺗﻮﻣﻲ | twmy | 10 |
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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 Towmy
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