Twangu Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

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

Twangu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twangu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2191:247,38725,203
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Twangu Last Name Facts

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

Twangu is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Twangu.

How Common Is The Last Name Twangu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,101,507th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twangu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 247,387. In South Africa Twangu is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 81 percent reside, Western Cape, where 9 percent reside and Gauteng, where 6 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Twangu Last Name Statistics demography

Twangu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.82% less than the national average, earning R 176,268 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwangu923/
Twanguhe861/
Dwangu83375/
Tuangu8324/
Tuangou771/
Duangu6749/
Duangut624/
Duangaut574/
Duangout571/
Douhangou531/

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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 Twangu
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