Twabe Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Twabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1601:288,62418,622
Israel281:305,63026,425
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Twabe (96) may also be a first name.

Twabe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twabe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Twabe is the 1,118,459th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Twabe live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Twabe is also the 968,397th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 96 people.

The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 288,624. In Kenya Twabe is most frequent in: Nyamira County, where 76 percent reside, Kisii County, where 21 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 13 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.

Twabe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Twabe last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Twabe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.81% less than the national average, earning R 83,616 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twabie91106/
Twaibe9110/
Twaber911/
Twabi80382/
Twebe8046/
Dwabe8042/
Tuabe8017/
Twaba806/
Thwabi73123/
Twobee738/
Twaibi738/
Twauba734/
Twaiba733/
Tuaber732/
Twanpe731/
Tweebe731/
Tuabea731/
Twaboa731/
Twaaba731/
Twavey730/
Tweebie671/

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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 Twabe
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