Twai Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Twai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea611:133,66718,337
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Twai (48) may also be a first name.

Twai Last Name Facts

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

Twai (Oriya: ାଇ) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Twai.

How Common Is The Last Name Twai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Twai is the 2,007,164th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Twai live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Twai is also the 1,448,253rd most common first name on earth, borne by 48 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 133,667. In Papua New Guinea Twai is most prevalent in: Madang, where 87 percent are found, Western, where 11 percent are found and West Sepik, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 23 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.

Twai Last Name Statistics demography

Twai earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.87% less than the national average, earning R 40,704 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twayi89299/
Twaij8914/
Twaai8910/
Twaio896/
Thwai895/
Twaji892/
Twa86611/
Twi8660/
Twaits80252/
Twaish80239/
Thwayi8028/
Twayie809/
Twaggi801/
Twahai801/
Twahia801/
Twaiah801/
Tway75753/
Twea75635/
Twah7554/
Twaa7533/
Ttwa7511/
Twih7510/
Twie759/
Dwai758/
Twha758/
Twau754/
Thwa754/
Htwi754/
Twap754/
Twua753/
Twij753/
Tdwa752/
Twaj752/
Thwi752/
Twui751/
Twii751/
Twyi751/
Twei751/
Twio751/
Dtwa751/
Htwa751/
Thwaith731/
Thwaies731/
Htwaish731/
Twaha6720,171/
Thway679,767/
Htway678,005/
Twaya671,546/
Dwayi671,372/
Twawe67369/
Tweya67359/
Dwaia67313/
Tweah67181/
Tweyi67179/
Twaja67153/
Twayu6768/
Twaye6734/
Twast6728/
Twayo6725/
Twije6722/
Dwaji6721/
Thwaa6717/
Tuaji6715/
Tweha676/
Twach675/
Ttway674/
Twoji674/
Tuaia674/
Twaah674/
Twiye674/
Tuayi674/
Tuaai674/
Twija674/
Thtwi674/
Twats674/
Twath672/
Twuit672/
Twieh672/
Tweih672/
Twaje672/
Tweie671/
Tweiy671/
Twhie671/
Twipf671/
Twipp671/
Thwaitts671/
Twuji671/
Tweii671/
Tweiz671/
Twiyo671/
T'Way671/
Dwaai671/
Thwah671/
Twuja671/
Twiya671/
Ttwaj671/
Ttdwi671/
Thwae671/
Tdwio671/
Dwais671/
Hhtwi671/
Twith670/
Twoie670/
Twoiy670/
Twhay670/

Twai Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Twai in the Oriya language
ାଇa'i-

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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 Twai
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