Twambo Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Twambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 104 | 1:509,054 | 33,766 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Twambo (844) may also be a first name.
Twambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Twambo is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Twambo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,428,594th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Twambo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twambo reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Twambo is also the 280,805th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 844 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 509,054. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 87 percent live, Songwe Region, where 9 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twaambo | 92 | 9 | / |
| Twamba | 83 | 355 | / |
| Tuambo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Dwambo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Twanbo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Twembo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thwamba | 77 | 19 | / |
| Tuambou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Twambau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuamba | 67 | 472 | / |
| Duambo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Twonbo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tuanbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tuombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dwamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuembou | 62 | 13 | / |
| Tuanboh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tuambau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tuombuo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tuanboot | 57 | 2 | / |
| Duamba | 50 | 119 | / |
| Tuemba | 50 | 35 | / |
| Dbombo | 50 | 4 | / |
| Duanbo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Duombo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Tuomba | 50 | 1 | / |
| Tuacenbosh | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Twambo
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