Towseef Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
England

Towseef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Towseef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
England11:55,718,059489,080

Towseef (633) may also be a first name.

Towseef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Towseef occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Towseef? popularity and diffusion

The last name Towseef is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Towseef occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Towseef live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 330,859th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 633 people.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Towseef is most common in: Bihar, where 33 percent reside and Jammu and Kashmir, where 33 percent reside. Not including India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 43 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Towsef921/
Tawseef8618/
Towsif7712/
Tauwsheef751/
Thowsif712/
Tavseef711/
Tawsif621,267/
Tevseev574/
Towjeaw572/
Tovshev571/
Thawsif571/
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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 Towseef
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