Type Surname

455,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Type Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Type Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3921:43,6716,239
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Zimbabwe731:211,48324,106
Tanzania631:840,34343,483
England411:1,358,97760,528
Iran381:2,020,59371,790
Wales281:110,5198,545
France61:11,070,454349,096
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Type (1,446) may also be a first name.

Type Last Name Facts

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

Type (Arabic: تب) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Type? popularity and diffusion

Type is the 455,289th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,795,089 people. The surname Type occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Type live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 205,196th most common first name at a global level, borne by 1,446 people.

The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found.

Type Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Type has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Type last name contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 467 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Type Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Type surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taype8911,419/
Typee892/
Typey891/
Typhe891/
Teype891/
Thype891/
Tyope891/
Tysper8081/
Typets8040/
Tyopey804/
Tyophe802/
Taypet802/
Taypee801/
Tyopee801/
Typper800/
Tepe7534,341/
Tipe751,271/
Typa75651/
Typy7515/
Typi751/
Tjpe751/
Typj751/
Tyszper731/
Taipe6734,062/
Thipe677,825/
Tippe674,032/
Teper673,689/
Tepes671,587/
Tepeu671,501/
Teepe671,364/
Teppe67871/
Tepeš67823/
Teape67521/
Tepet67416/
Thepe67399/
Tipei67328/
Teupe67295/
Taypa67289/
Tiope67270/
Tepie67233/
Tepei67181/
Tepea67117/
Tiper67116/
Tepeh67100/
Tiepe6799/
Teipe6783/
Tepej6779/
Typpi6776/
Taypi6727/
Tuipe6722/
Tyschper6722/
Tepey6716/
Tepez6715/
Tepee6714/
Tipea6712/
Tipet6712/
Typpa674/
Teped674/
Tephe673/
Tipie673/
Tipee673/
Tipes673/
Tipez672/
Thypa672/
Thypi672/
Taypetch671/
Typha671/
Täppe671/
Tyopi671/
Tespe671/
Tepeş671/
Toipe671/
Htipe671/
Tujpe671/
Tajpe671/
Typoi671/
Tetpe671/
Tipey671/
Tiphe670/

Type Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Type in the Arabic language
تبtb-

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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 Type
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