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

Twape occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Twape.

How Common Is The Last Name Twape? popularity and diffusion

The last name Twape is the 3,141,416th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Twape are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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

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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 Twape
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