Towo Surname
Approximately 7,816 people bear this surname
Towo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,683 | 1:3,655 | 438 |
| Tanzania | 1,380 | 1:38,363 | 4,413 |
| Indonesia | 216 | 1:612,265 | 48,529 |
| Papua New Guinea | 200 | 1:40,769 | 4,955 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Tôwô (1) are calculated separately.
Towo (1,090) may also be a first name.
Towo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Towo has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may occur as: Tôwô. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Towo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 64,056th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 932,388 people. The last name Towo is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Towo reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 241,726th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 1,090 people.
The last name Towo is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5,683 people, or 1 in 3,655. In Cameroon Towo is most prevalent in: West Region, where 90 percent live, Littoral Region, where 5 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon Towo is found in 32 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Towo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Towo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towou | 89 | 808 | / |
| Touwo | 89 | 80 | / |
| Towoh | 89 | 23 | / |
| Towoa | 89 | 21 | / |
| Toiwo | 89 | 16 | / |
| Towoi | 89 | 11 | / |
| Thowo | 89 | 5 | / |
| Toewo | 89 | 4 | / |
| Towoo | 89 | 4 | / |
| Towos | 89 | 3 | / |
| Towoy | 89 | 3 | / |
| Toywo | 89 | 3 | / |
| Tuowo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Toïwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Towoî | 89 | 1 | / |
| Toowo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Towwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tôwô | 83 | 1 | / |
| Towouh | 80 | 78 | / |
| Towots | 80 | 3 | / |
| Touwou | 80 | 3 | / |
| Thuowo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Touwoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thouwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thowou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dtouwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tohwoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tobo | 75 | 8,204 | / |
| Tovo | 75 | 5,762 | / |
| Towa | 75 | 4,898 | / |
| Tawo | 75 | 4,821 | / |
| Tuwo | 75 | 3,902 | / |
| Tewo | 75 | 920 | / |
| Touwoud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toivo | 67 | 1,954 | / |
| Tobou | 67 | 1,241 | / |
| Towah | 67 | 1,042 | / |
| Taïwo | 67 | 406 | / |
| Toboy | 67 | 386 | / |
| Touwa | 67 | 375 | / |
| Toywa | 67 | 371 | / |
| Toubo | 67 | 322 | / |
| Toiwa | 67 | 223 | / |
| Thowa | 67 | 206 | / |
| Tooba | 67 | 177 | / |
| Tuwoh | 67 | 155 | / |
| Toibo | 67 | 131 | / |
| Tawou | 67 | 123 | / |
| Tovot | 67 | 114 | / |
| Toboș | 67 | 75 | / |
| Tawoy | 67 | 69 | / |
| Toboi | 67 | 67 | / |
| Tawoj | 67 | 54 | / |
| Tovoa | 67 | 54 | / |
| Tawod | 67 | 54 | / |
| Toewa | 67 | 50 | / |
| Tosuo | 67 | 47 | / |
| Tooua | 67 | 43 | / |
| Tauwo | 67 | 40 | / |
| Tosvo | 67 | 36 | / |
| Taewo | 67 | 36 | / |
| Thovo | 67 | 35 | / |
| Tohwa | 67 | 32 | / |
| Taawo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tawoh | 67 | 28 | / |
| Taboo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Tawoo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Towha | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tovoh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Thawo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tuwou | 67 | 17 | / |
| Toova | 67 | 15 | / |
| Tovou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tuwoo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Towaa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Thewo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Towua | 67 | 11 | / |
| Toowa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Toweu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tovoi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tewoh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tobho | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tuwwo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Toobo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tawoi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Toová | 67 | 5 | / |
| Toyvo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tewoy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Toboo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Teewo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tuouo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tuobo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teuwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thuwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dtawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tovoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tawop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuwoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuhwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tobuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tevoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toouo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taıwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ttawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dtowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tovho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tojwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuovo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuwoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuwos | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Towo
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