Twailu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Twailu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twailu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Twailu (45) may also be a first name.

Twailu Last Name Facts

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

Twailu is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twailu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Twailu live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Twailu is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 45 people.

The surname Twailu is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Barring The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 36 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twalu914/
Thwalu832/
Twalau832/
Twalhu831/
Twaaliu772/
Tualu73558/
Dwalu7385/
Twelu7319/
Tuilau67235/
Tualau6714/
Tualeu677/
Thuilu677/
Tualiu671/
Twaloo671/
Tuilou671/
Tuilous621/
Dualu55199/
Duilu5582/
Dwelu551/
Tuiloo5027/
Tualoe507/
Dualau505/
Dbilou501/

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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
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  • 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 Twailu
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