Twane Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

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

Twane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3131:173,09219,160
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Twane (188) may also be a first name.

Twane Last Name Facts

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

Twane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﻮﺍﻥ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 849,693rd most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Twane are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Twane is also the 663,277th most common first name internationally It is held by 188 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 313 people, or 1 in 173,092. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and North West, where 11 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.

Twane Last Name Statistics demography

Twane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.4% less than the national average, earning R 67,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwane911,192/
Twanje91423/
Twaine918/
Twaney912/
Twanie911/
T'Wane911/
Htwane911/
Twayne910/
Twan89332/
Twayneh83168/
Thwaane832/
Twanhee831/
Twijane831/
Twayene831/
Twine807,093/
Twene803,380/
Twani802,844/
Dwane801,526/
Twana801,072/
Twain80438/
Tuane80180/
Twanh8027/
Htwan804/
Ttwan803/
Twany803/
Twaun801/
Twone801/
Twamn801/
Thwan801/
Tdwan801/
Twann800/
Thwainey779/
Thwayine774/
Tweyanje772/
Twayonge771/
Twehange771/
Te'ewane771/
Twayinge771/
Thwani73494/
Twoney73411/
Dwayne73390/
Twanna73156/
Tuange7377/
Tweney7372/
Dwaine7355/
Twiney7337/
Tuanes7334/
Thuane7328/
Tuanee7321/
Thwany7318/
Twainy7317/
Twanai7316/
Twaina736/
Twinne736/
Tuanne735/
Dwanee735/
Dtwani735/
Twaani734/
Twanyi734/
Dwanie734/
Htwani734/
Tuanie733/
Tuasne732/
Thwine732/
Dwaney731/
Twauna731/
Twones731/
Tuahne731/
Twanny731/
Twyene731/
Twonge731/
Twaini731/
Tweene731/
Tweine731/
Tuagne731/
Twahni731/
Htwang731/
Twanii731/
Dwanes731/
Dwanne731/
Tuaney730/
Twoone730/
Thwayinge712/
Tuan67270,188/
Dwan672,176/
Thwaini67162/
Twinney67132/
Twasing6770/
Twayeni6768/
Twayini6767/
Twam6745/
Twayana6731/
Touhane6726/
Twaiten6715/
Twon6710/
Thwainy677/
Dwaynez676/
Tweyune675/
Dwayneh672/
Thuanne672/
Thuasne672/
Twiyana672/
Tweeney671/
Twooney671/
Dwayane671/
Tweiner671/
Dwainne671/
Twaingi671/
Tuhaane671/
Tuhaine671/
Tuhange671/
Twaseng671/
Thuayne671/
Dhwayne671/
Dwaynne670/
Twoeney670/

Twane Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Twane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺗﻮﺍﻥatwan-

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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 Twane
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