Tuwou Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

Tuwou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuwou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tuwou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tuwou occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuwou? popularity and diffusion

Tuwou is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Tuwou reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Tuwou is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 93 percent are found and East Sepik, where 7 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tauwou918/
Touwou913/
Teuwou911/
Tuwouh911/
Tuwo893,902/
Tuwu8997/
Touwoud831/
Towou80808/
Tuvou80220/
Tuwuh80196/
Tuwoh80155/
Touwo8080/
Tauwo8040/
Tubou8031/
Tuwau8031/
Tuwoo8012/
Thuwu8012/
Touwu808/
Tuwuo808/
Tuwoe807/
Tuwwo806/
Thuwo802/
Teuwo802/
Tuwoi801/
Tuiwo801/
Teuwu801/
Tuhwo801/
Tuwoa801/
Tuwos801/
Tauwu801/
Teubou73388/
Towouh7378/
Tuwijo7362/
Tuwuya7327/
Tuweyo7327/
Towoue7313/
Tuwayo7312/
Tubouh7311/
Tuwajo7310/
Tuwott732/
Touweu732/
Thuswu731/
Teuwho731/
Tauwus731/
Dtouwo731/
Thowou731/
Thouwo731/
Touwui731/
Touwoh731/
Tuweio731/
Tubo678,565/
Towo677,816/
Tuwa673,190/
Tubu671,299/
Tuvo67267/
Tuvu6713/
Tauhwud676/
Touwoje675/
Tuhweyo671/
Tuhwayo671/
Theubou671/
Teuboue671/
Tuwayod671/
Tuwoyaa671/
Tuwayop671/

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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 Tuwou
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