Thinwa Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Thinwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thinwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya961:481,04124,996
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Thinwa (54) may also be a first name.

Thinwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thinwa is most common in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thinwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,755,741st most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Thinwa reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Thinwa is also the 1,350,955th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 54 people.

Thinwa is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 481,041. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Nyeri County, where 70 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 9 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tinwa91138/
Tinway83117/
Tionwa8316/
Tainwa833/
Tinwai833/
Tinwas832/
Tnwa801/
Thimwat77257/
Tainewa7772/
Thenwat7719/
Tinnwat771/
Tienwua771/
Tenwa73709/
Tinwo7370/
Timwa7350/
Tinua7318/
Tinba734/
Tnwai732/
Thimwath711/
Tenwah67360/
Timwat67208/
Thenua67126/
Timway6741/
Tenway6735/
Tenhwa6733/
Teenwa6719/
Tenwaa676/
Tinuat674/
Tainwo674/
Tennwa673/
Tenwha673/
Tenwai672/
Tinwei672/
Tinuha671/
Teinwo671/
Tinbau671/
Timwua671/
Tinbaj671/
Tenwaz671/
Tenwap671/
Tinuay671/
Tienua671/

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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 Thinwa
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