The surname Tawil
An Arabic surname, carried by 1,366 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T400
Origin
Arabic origin
Borrowed from Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl, “long, tall”). This surname is predominantly found in Jordan and Lybia.
One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,366 people named Tawil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,114.
Who is named Tawil
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Tawil identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Tawil
Tawil has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Tawil come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl, “long, tall”). This surname is predominantly found in Jordan and Lybia.
- How common is the surname Tawil?
- 1,366 people in the United States had the surname Tawil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. It ranked 19,716th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tawil?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Tawil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Tawil getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,366 in 2010, up 23%.