Töws

surname · Latin script

Töws is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Benin than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 86K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 19Kas Toews
  • USUnited States1 in 228Kas Toews

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Töws itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Benin (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 named Toews, est.

Sources
231 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 86K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ToewsLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Toews in US United States, CA Canada, PY Paraguay and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Töws counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Töws is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BJ Benin#239≈2,400 est.≈1 in 5.3K—Toews1
CA Canada—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 19K1Toews152
US United States—1,456as Toews1 in 228K1.6KToews231
DE Germany—≈930 est.≈1 in 86K—Töws62
EG Egypt—≈230 est.≈1 in 445K—Toews2
FI Finland—≈180 est.≈1 in 31K—Toews1
PY Paraguay—≈140 est.≈1 in 51K—Toews14
BR Brazil—691 in 3.1M69Toews33

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Töws is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil

    Also written Tows

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tows

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tows

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tows

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tows

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Töws under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Töws have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Toews in Benin, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Töws?
In Brazil, the national register counted 69 people named Töws, about 1 in 3.1 million residents.
How common is Töws compared with other names?
In Benin, Töws is the 239th most common surname of 5,339 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Töws” — the 239th most common surname in Benin. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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