Tawil

surname · Latin script

Meaning: corpulent

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈtɔəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 244K
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 8.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,700 people, est.

Sources
254 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

corpulent

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tawil 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 Tawil is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈5,700 est.≈1 in 246K—Tawil4
US United States—1,3661 in 244K1.5KTawil254
SY Syria—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 14K2Tawil29
EG Egypt—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 99K—Tawil48
MA Morocco—≈810 est.≈1 in 44K—Tawil21
LB Lebanon#811≈640 est.≈1 in 8.5K—Tawil45
IL Israel—≈470 est.≈1 in 18K—Tawil17
AE United Arab Emirates—≈270 est.≈1 in 37K—Tawil43

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; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)

Tawil is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ṭawīl

  • Malay surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Singapore

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Ťãwíľ

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Tāwīl, Ṭawīl, Ṭawil

  • Thai given name176 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Malaysia, Sweden

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written ถวิล, เทวินทร์, เทวัญ, เทวิน, Tawin

  • Hebrew surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Tunisia, Iraq, France

    Also written טוויל, טויל, Twill, Twil

  • Russian given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Türkiye, Syria, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Тавиль, Тавил, Tavil, Taweel, Тавіл

36 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tawil is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, long; tall

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • In xsb, heritage

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In iba, towel

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fos, year

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In otk, ‘a drum’

    as a wordClauson, An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish (1972)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Joseph Tawil, b. 1913Adel Tawil, b. 1978Jasmin Weber, b. 1982

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Tawil,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Tawil
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.5K#18,606
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.4K#19,716
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.1K#21,776
SY SyriaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—2#99
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tawil mean, and where does it come from?
corpulent Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
How do you pronounce Tawil?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtɔəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Tawil have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.7 thousand people named Tawil in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tawil.
How common is the name Tawil?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,366 people named Tawil in 2010, about 1 in 244 thousand residents.
How common is Tawil compared with other names?
In Lebanon, Tawil is the 811th most common surname of 45,185 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, “Tawil” — the 811th most common surname in Lebanon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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