Twazi Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

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

Twazi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twazi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1921:282,17627,721
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Twazi Last Name Facts

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

Twazi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻨﻮﺍﺯﻯ) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Twazi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twazi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Twazi is the 1,194,481st most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Twazi reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Twazi is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 282,176. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 77 percent are found, Western Cape, where 10 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Twazi Last Name Statistics demography

Twazi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.56% less than the national average, earning R 150,756 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwazi9111/
Twaza80246/
Twasi8025/
Twaze8021/
Twagi808/
Dwazi807/
Twaji802/
Twezi801/
Twaise73357/
Twachi7311/
Twaaza733/
Thwagi732/
Twatsi732/
Thwasi731/
Thwezi731/
Dwaizi731/
Tweaze731/
Twaiza731/
Twaggi731/
Twaagi731/
Twayci731/
Twaiji731/
Thwaesi674/
Twasiph671/
Twaaise671/

Twazi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Twazi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺘﻨﻮﺍﺯﻯaltnwazy-

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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 Twazi
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