Twape Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Twape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Twape Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twape is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twape? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Twape are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Twape is most prevalent in: Western, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Hong Kong, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twappe915/
Twap894/
Tuape80213/
Twapa8032/
Twope801/
Twaipi736/
Thuape735/
Tuapei731/
Twopei731/
Tuhape731/
Tuapee731/
Twaypa731/
Twab67740/
Tuap6777/
Twosper674/
Twop671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Twape
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis