Tuw Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Tuw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Tuw (40) may also be a first name.
Tuw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tuw is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Tuw live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used forename globally, held by 40 people.
Tuw is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 757,048. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 100 percent reside. Other than Kenya Tuw exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teuw | 86 | 2,302 | / |
| Touw | 86 | 2,193 | / |
| Tuwe | 86 | 1,152 | / |
| Tauw | 86 | 85 | / |
| Tuwp | 86 | 32 | / |
| Thuw | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ttuw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tuww | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tuvw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tuhw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tuhwe | 75 | 771 | / |
| Touwe | 75 | 321 | / |
| Tauwe | 75 | 122 | / |
| Thauw | 75 | 118 | / |
| Thuwe | 75 | 67 | / |
| Teuwe | 75 | 54 | / |
| Theuw | 75 | 50 | / |
| Thouw | 75 | 9 | / |
| Teuws | 75 | 7 | / |
| Htuwe | 75 | 7 | / |
| Tuuwe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tuwhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuwch | 75 | 1 | / |
| Touws | 75 | 1 | / |
| Touyw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tow | 67 | 4,616 | / |
| Tuv | 67 | 892 | / |
| Tub | 67 | 385 | / |
| Tuf | 67 | 146 | / |
| Thauwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dtauwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dteuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tuw
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis