Terwase Surname

54,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Terwase Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terwase Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9,2191:19,2151,778
Cameroon431:483,00239,429
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Terwase (16,255) may also be a first name.

Terwase Last Name Facts

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

The surname Terwase is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Terwase? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 54,911th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 786,652 people. The surname Terwase is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Terwase live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Terwase is also the 43,950th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 16,255 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9,219 people, or 1 in 19,215. In Nigeria Terwase is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 88 percent live, Taraba, where 6 percent live and Nasarawa, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Terwase exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Terwase Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Terwase surname is predominantly Christian (88%) in Nigeria.

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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 Terwase
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