Twalani Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Twalani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twalani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676

Twalani Last Name Facts

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

Twalani is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twalani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. Twalani is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twalani live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Western Cape, where 13 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.

Twalani Last Name Statistics demography

Twalani earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.76% less than the national average, earning R 207,324 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwalani9342/
Twailani931/
Twalana8621/
Twalane8617/
Tualani8612/
Dwalani863/
Thwahalani821/
Tualangi80179/
Thwahlane7528/
Dwalane715/
Dwalana712/
Duhalani6714/
Dualangi672/
Dualana573/
Tualonyo531/

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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 Twalani
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