Tluway Surname

34,850th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tluway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tluway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania15,1961:3,484483
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tluway (1,287) may also be a first name.

Tluway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tluway is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tluway? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 34,850th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 479,538 people. The last name Tluway occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tluway are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Tluway is also the 219,662nd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,287 people.

The surname Tluway is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 15,196 people, or 1 in 3,484. In Tanzania Tluway is most prevalent in: Manyara Region, where 82 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 12 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tluwai831/
Tleubay77218/
Tluba733/
Thliwayo711/
Tilloway710/
Tleuva6713/
Tlhuwe671/
Tleubai6252/
Tlhouwe622/
Tilliwa621/
Thlouwe621/
Tilluba621/
Tlowe5511/
Tlubi551/
Tleubi501/
Thlowe501/
Tlieva501/

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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 Tluway
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis