Tuwen Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tuwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tuwen (3,333) may also be a first name.

Tuwen Last Name Facts

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

Tuwen is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tuwen.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuwen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,333,370th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Tuwen reside; 66 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 66 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tuwen is also the 123,680th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 3,333 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Tuwen is mostly concentrated in: Bougainville, where 56 percent live, Western, where 33 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 11 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Taiwan, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teuwen91964/
Touwen91317/
Tauwen911/
Tuwene911/
Thuwen910/
Theuwen8397/
Thuwein8329/
Teuwein831/
Tauwene831/
Tuben801,268/
Tuwin8074/
Towen8032/
Tiwen8030/
Tuwem804/
Teuben73808/
Tauben7389/
Tihuen7351/
Tuwain7327/
Tuyben7318/
Touben7310/
Tuwine737/
Tuiben734/
Tauwin733/
Thuwin731/
Tubenn731/
Tieuen731/
Thiwen731/
Toween731/
Town678,652/
Touwegnowa6714/
Thoouen674/
Tywn672/
Thowwen671/
Thouben671/
Tubn671/
Thubenn670/

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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 Tuwen
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