Twati Surname

71,872nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,865 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Libya
Highest density in:
Libya

Twati Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twati Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Libya5,5351:1,128293
Nepal7991:35,6461,276
Tanzania2701:196,08016,774
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Algeria151:2,575,43744,639
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Twati (48) may also be a first name.

Twati Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twati (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﻮﺍﺗﻲ) is most common in Libya. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twati? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 71,872nd most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,061,551 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Twati are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 81 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Twati is also the 1,448,253rd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 48 people.

The surname Twati is most common in Libya, where it is carried by 5,535 people, or 1 in 1,128. Apart from Libya this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 12 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twaiti9117/
Thwati911/
Twatio911/
Twatiey831/
Tuati80453/
Dwati8047/
Twaty8034/
Twata804/
Twate803/
Thwaitis771/
Tuatis73311/
Twaite73218/
Tuatoi7364/
Tuatai7319/
T'Waty739/
Tuatip738/
Tuaati736/
Tuatiz734/
Dwatie733/
Twatty732/
Dwathi732/
Tuasti731/
Gywati731/
Twathe731/
Dwayti731/
Tuatti731/
Dweati731/
Thwate731/
Thwaite671,485/
Twaites67353/
Twateat671/
Tweateh671/
Thwatte671/
Thwaita671/
Thwates671/
Tweates670/

Twati Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Twati in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺗﻮﺍﺗﻲatwaty-

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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 Twati
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