Towser Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Towser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Towser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Wales21:784,20816,349
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Towser (7) may also be a first name.

Towser Last Name Facts

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

The last name Towser occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Towser? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Towser live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 4,548,448th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 7 people.

It is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Towser is mostly found in: Northamptonshire, where 33 percent live, Greater London, where 33 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 33 percent live. Beside England this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live.

Towser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Towser has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Towser surname fell 84 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Towsert921/
Towzer837/
Tawser832/
Towger831/
Tawseer778/
Tewsier771/
Towcher771/
Tofseer771/
Thawser770/
Tawscher711/
Tawzer67309/
Tafser6712/
Tawcer672/
Tafseer62335/
Tabseer623/
Tefseer621/
Tawzeer621/
Tawshir621/
Tafsier621/
Tufseer621/
Thafser621/
Thafseer5721/
Tabsheer573/
Taubscher531/
Thafsheer531/
Tafsir501,734/
Tefsir5082/
Tavger5049/
Tabsir5022/
Tavzer5017/
Tavcer5011/
Tavsir503/
Tevzer501/

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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 Towser
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