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 has its highest incidence in India. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Towseef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Towseef is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Towseef live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Towseef is also the 330,859th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 633 people.

The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Towseef is primarily found in: Bihar, where 33 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 33 percent are found. Aside from India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 43 percent are found and England, where 14 percent are found.

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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