Twala Surname

18,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Twala Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'we are blessed,' in Swahili and Kinyarwanda.

Twala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa28,1071:1,928239
Zimbabwe6621:23,3213,532
Kenya5321:86,8047,873
Zambia2821:56,2055,162
Swaziland2271:5,719371
Lesotho1331:15,2823,323
Uganda1131:345,48022,807
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
England741:752,94741,527
Botswana551:39,7627,636
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Iceland51:76,0184,442
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
France21:33,211,361423,184
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Twala (651) may also be a first name.

Twala Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'we are blessed,' in Swahili and Kinyarwanda.

- nonexistantlad

Twala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twala (Oriya: ଳା) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 18,198th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 240,323 people. The last name Twala is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twala live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 325,541st most widespread first name globally, borne by 651 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 28,107 people, or 1 in 1,928. In South Africa Twala is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 41 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 19 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Twala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Twala earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.14% less than the national average, earning R 173,148 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwala9145,922/
Twalla91310/
Twaala9123/
Twalha9117/
Twalah919/
Twalaa919/
Twhala915/
Twaila914/
Twaula913/
Twalau912/
Twalay911/
Twalai911/
Twalas911/
Twallah8397/
Twalaha834/
Thwalha832/
Twaylla831/
Twallay831/
Thwaala831/
Thwalla831/
Tthwala831/
Tuala804,558/
Twalo801,490/
Dwala80649/
Twale80395/
Twali80205/
Twela8057/
Twola8028/
Twaly800/
Ththwala771/
Tualla731,467/
Thwalo73136/
Thuala73125/
Twaelo7339/
Tualai7327/
Twaale7316/
Tualau7314/
Thwale7313/
Twelah7312/
Twoola7311/
Twaili736/
Tualya734/
Twaily734/
Twaleh734/
Tualia733/
Twailo732/
Twaalo732/
Twaali732/
Dhwala732/
Dwalla732/
Twallo731/
Dwaula731/
Twalii731/
Twally731/
Thwela731/
Tuahla731/
Twalee731/
Twolay731/
Twalio731/
Twalit731/
Twaloo731/
Twalyo731/
Dwaala731/
Dwalai731/
Dwayla731/
Twhalo731/
Dwalia731/
Thwali731/
Twaley730/
Dwallah6744/
Tuallah6720/
Dwaylia671/
Touhala671/
Twalles671/
Twaaley671/
Tuahlay671/
Twaylee671/
Twallet671/
Dwaulah671/
Twailes670/
Twalley670/

Twala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Twala in the Oriya language
ଳାla-

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