Twahir Surname
Approximately 1,087 people bear this surname
Twahir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 551 | 1:96,083 | 9,553 |
| Kenya | 439 | 1:105,193 | 9,093 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Guyana | 8 | 1:95,278 | 6,792 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Twahir (1,809) may also be a first name.
Twahir Demographics
Twahir Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Twahir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twahir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Twahir (Oriya: ାହିର) is found most in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Twahir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Twahir is the 338,461st most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,704,274 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Twahir are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 179,556th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,809 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 551 people, or 1 in 96,083. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tabora Region, where 23 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent live and Kagera Region, where 21 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Twahir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Twahir last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Twahir earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $43,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.52% less than the national average, earning $40,980 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Twahir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Twahir in the Oriya language | ||
| ାହିର | ahira | - |
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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 Twahir
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