Towty Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Towty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Towty 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
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Towty Last Name Facts

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

Towty (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻮﺗﺎﻱ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Towty.

How Common Is The Last Name Towty? popularity and diffusion

The surname Towty is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Towty occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Towty live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Towty is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia Towty is most numerous in: South Sulawesi, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 33 percent reside and Libya, where 8 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
Towtay9110/
Towtaïy831/
Towtaya831/
Touwtay831/
Tofty8015/
Towta8015/
Towti804/
Toftey7377/
Toftoy7374/
Tawtay739/
Thowti735/
Toftøy732/
Towtip732/
Touwta731/
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Towty Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Towty in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺘﻮﺗﺎﻱaltwtay-

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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 Towty
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