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 surname Thwai is found most frequently in South Africa. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thwai? popularity and diffusion
Thwai is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Thwai are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Thwai is also the 2,368,944th most numerous forename on earth, held by 21 people.
The surname Thwai is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 67 percent live and Western Cape, where 33 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 20 percent live and Iraq, where 20 percent live.
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
- 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 Thwai
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