Twalane Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

Twalane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twalane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Twalane (27) may also be a first name.

Twalane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twalane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Twalane.

How Common Is The Last Name Twalane? popularity and diffusion

Twalane is the 4,772,636th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Twalane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Twalane live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Twalane is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name on earth. It is borne by 27 people.

Twalane is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 91 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 29 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.

Twalane Last Name Statistics demography

Twalane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.22% less than the national average, earning R 39,864 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twalan9249/
Thwahlane8828/
Twalani8647/
Twalana8621/
Dwalane865/
Twaline860/
Thwalani8042/
Twaelani801/
Twailani801/
Twolan7771/
Tualan7734/
Dwalan778/
Twalam773/
Tualang71155/
Tualani7112/
Dwalani713/
Dwalana712/
Tualain711/
Thwahalani711/
Thwahalang711/
T'Twallant711/
Tualangi67179/
Tualatin677/
D'Watland631/
Dualan62939/
Tualon6233/
Tualam621/
Dualana573/
Duallan572/
Duhalan571/
Dualang571/
Tuaslam571/
Tualong571/
Duhalani5314/
Dualangi532/
Tualonyo531/
Thuhalong504/

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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 Twalane
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