Tuwas Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Tuwas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
Tuwas (191) may also be a first name.
Tuwas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuwas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tuwas is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tuwas is the 3,055,934th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 51 percent of Tuwas are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tuwas is also the 657,437th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 191 people.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 70 percent are found and Bougainville, where 30 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 27 percent are found and The Philippines, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuwase | 91 | 120 | / |
| Tuwashe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Tiwas | 80 | 98 | / |
| Tubas | 80 | 77 | / |
| Towas | 80 | 18 | / |
| Tuvas | 80 | 13 | / |
| Tuwos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tuhwaise | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuwaggis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toubas | 73 | 73 | / |
| Taubas | 73 | 62 | / |
| Tubaas | 73 | 37 | / |
| Tuybas | 73 | 21 | / |
| Tubeas | 73 | 10 | / |
| Tiewas | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tuuvas | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tuevas | 73 | 4 | / |
| Towash | 73 | 3 | / |
| Touvas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tuwach | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tauvas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuwose | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toways | 73 | 1 | / |
| Touvais | 67 | 36 | / |
| Tubhais | 67 | 3 | / |
| Touwose | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tauvash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thuvais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toubeas | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tuwas
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