Twalib Surname

128,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Twalib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twalib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,0401:25,9523,156
Kenya1,2921:35,7433,858
Uganda1901:205,47016,326
England41:13,929,515290,718
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Twalib (6,316) may also be a first name.

Twalib Last Name Facts

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

The last name Twalib is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Twalib? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 128,073rd most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,058,047 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twalib live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Twalib is also the 82,913th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 6,316 people.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,040 people, or 1 in 25,952. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 37 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 12 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 36 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

Twalib Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (78%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twallib929/
Thwalib925/
Twaalib923/
Tualib835/
Dwalib831/
Twalip831/
Tweilib7724/
T'Weilib712/
Dualib6720/
Tualip671/
Tweileb62106/
Dwaileb6272/
Twoileb6217/
Tweïleb629/
Tweyleb621/
T'Weileb5718/
Twolipps571/
Dualeb501/

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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 Twalib
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