Towv Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Towv Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Towv Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towv Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Towv (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻑ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Towv? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Towv live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Towv is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 89 percent live and Trarza Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania Towv occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 9 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Towv Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Towv in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻑ | twf | 75 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﻮﻑ | altwf | 25 |
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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 Towv
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