Thiwe Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Thiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 572 | 1:68,250 | 7,643 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Thiwe (994) may also be a first name.
Thiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thiwe occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thiwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 553,576th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. Thiwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thiwe reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 255,301st most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 994 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 572 people, or 1 in 68,250. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Zombo District, where 38 percent reside, Nebbi District, where 30 percent reside and Kiryandongo District, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Thiwe
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