Twaja Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Twaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Twaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Twaja has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Twaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,415,499th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Twaja are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Twaja is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 365,115. In Tanzania Twaja is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 73 percent live and Iringa Region, where 27 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twaa | 89 | 33 | / |
| Twaj | 89 | 2 | / |
| Twaya | 80 | 1,546 | / |
| Twaij | 80 | 14 | / |
| Dwaja | 80 | 11 | / |
| Twaai | 80 | 10 | / |
| Twija | 80 | 4 | / |
| Twaji | 80 | 2 | / |
| Twaje | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ttwaj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twuja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tuaja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twahai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twaiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twahia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twayah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dhwaja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tway | 67 | 753 | / |
| Twea | 67 | 635 | / |
| Dwaa | 67 | 121 | / |
| Twai | 67 | 87 | / |
| Dwaj | 67 | 47 | / |
| Twau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tuaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Twij | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tuaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twuj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twej | 67 | 1 | / |
| T'Weiaa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Twaja
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis