Twahili Surname
Approximately 1,310 people bear this surname
Twahili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,307 | 1:40,506 | 4,629 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Twahili (1,748) may also be a first name.
Twahili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twahili Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Twahili is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Twahili? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 291,938th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,563,012 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twahili reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Twahili is also the 183,257th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 1,748 people.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,307 people, or 1 in 40,506. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 29 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Twahili
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