Tuwil Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Tuwil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuwil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Tuwil (95) may also be a first name.

Tuwil Last Name Facts

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

Tuwil is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tuwil.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuwil? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Tuwil occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Tuwil reside; 57 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tuwil is also the 974,243rd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 95 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Jiwaka, where 50 percent are found, West New Britain, where 44 percent are found and West Sepik, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 39 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuwile9110/
Tuswil911/
Thuwail8342/
Touweil831/
Tubil803,319/
Towil80382/
Tuwel805/
Tiwil802/
Towill73604/
Tuwleh73173/
Tuwael7370/
Tauwel7310/
Touwel735/
Tuwell733/
Toubil732/
Tuwele732/
Tuwelh731/
Towl67315/
Tubl6744/
Dtauwel675/
Thuwele674/
Tauwele674/
Thiwill671/

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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 Tuwil
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