Tswabo Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tswabo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tswabo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tswabo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tswabo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tswabo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tswabo is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Tswabo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tswabo reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Tswabo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Tswabo is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 83 percent are found and Benue, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tswaboh921/
Tsuabo8328/
Tshwaba771/
Zwabo73149/
Cwabo731/
Dzwabo6724/
Tsuaba674/
Chwabo672/
Zwaabo671/
Zwaubo671/
Zwuabo671/
Tsuebo671/

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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 Tswabo
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