Twahiru Surname
Approximately 1,469 people bear this surname
Twahiru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,104 | 1:47,954 | 5,374 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Twahiru (1,314) may also be a first name.
Twahiru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twahiru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Twahiru is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Twahiru.
How Common Is The Last Name Twahiru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 266,135th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,960,889 people. The last name Twahiru is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twahiru are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 216,880th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 1,314 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,104 people, or 1 in 47,954. In Tanzania Twahiru is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 74 percent live, Rukwa Region, where 9 percent live and Pwani Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Tanzania Twahiru occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Twahiru
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