Thwai Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Thwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Thwai (21) may also be a first name.
Thwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thwai has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Thwai reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name globally It is held by 21 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Thwai is primarily found in: North West, where 67 percent are found and Western Cape, where 33 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Thwai is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 20 percent are found and Iraq, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thwayi | 91 | 28 | / |
| Twai | 89 | 87 | / |
| Thwa | 89 | 4 | / |
| Thwi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Thwaies | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thwaith | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thway | 80 | 9,767 | / |
| Twayi | 80 | 299 | / |
| Thwaa | 80 | 17 | / |
| Twaij | 80 | 14 | / |
| Twaai | 80 | 10 | / |
| Twaio | 80 | 6 | / |
| Thtwi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Twaji | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thwah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thwae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thwaitts | 77 | 1 | / |
| Twa | 75 | 611 | / |
| Twi | 75 | 60 | / |
| Twaits | 73 | 252 | / |
| Twaish | 73 | 239 | / |
| Tuhaji | 73 | 52 | / |
| Thweyi | 73 | 52 | / |
| Thwaha | 73 | 50 | / |
| Thweat | 73 | 18 | / |
| Twayie | 73 | 9 | / |
| Touhai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Thwish | 73 | 2 | / |
| Twaggi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thuaij | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thweah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twahai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twahia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ththwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuhayi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twaiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuahai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thweea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwwad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dhwaji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwuat | 73 | 0 | / |
| Thwist | 73 | 0 | / |
| Thwe | 67 | 43,120 | / |
| Thua | 67 | 1,567 | / |
| Tway | 67 | 753 | / |
| Twea | 67 | 635 | / |
| Thui | 67 | 255 | / |
| Twah | 67 | 54 | / |
| Twaa | 67 | 33 | / |
| Dhwi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ttwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Twie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dwai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Twha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Twap | 67 | 4 | / |
| Htwi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Twau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Twij | 67 | 3 | / |
| Twua | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thwatts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tdwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Twaj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dhwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Twui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hdwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Htwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dtwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Htwaish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touhayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thwy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thweath | 67 | 0 | / |
| Thweeat | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Thwai
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