Tw Surname

458,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 737 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia7151:184,96417,777
Taiwan111:2,131,34113,802
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Tw (594) may also be a first name.

Tw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tw occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 458,583rd most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 9,888,122 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Tw reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tw is also the 343,155th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 594 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 715 people, or 1 in 184,964. In Indonesia Tw is most numerous in: East Java, where 23 percent are found, West Java, where 21 percent are found and Central Java, where 14 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twe8066/
Tdw8035/
Htw8025/
Ttw8020/
Twf8011/
Tww807/
Thw805/
Twh805/
Twz803/
Dtw803/
Htwe67113,326/
Thwe6743,120/
Tddw672/
Twth672/
Twtt672/
Twfs672/
Twws672/
Twfz671/
T'We671/
Thtw671/
Twww671/
Twfe671/
Ttwh671/
Htwz671/
Htwh671/
Dttw671/
Tdww671/
Tdvw671/
Tdhw671/
Thdw671/
Ttwz671/
Ttwt671/

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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 Tw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis