Twee Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Twee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Twee (314) may also be a first name.

Twee Last Name Facts

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

The last name Twee is most common in Malaysia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twee? popularity and diffusion

Twee is the 3,882,373rd most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Twee occurs predominantly in Asia, where 38 percent of Twee are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 27 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Twee is also the 495,703rd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 314 people.

Twee is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 4,213,461. In Malaysia Twee is most common in: Johor, where 57 percent are found, Kelantan, where 14 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent are found and Tanzania, where 19 percent are found.

Twee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Twee has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twees894/
Twhee891/
Thwee891/
Twehe891/
Twe8666/
Tweeie801/
Tweeds801/
Thweea801/
Thweez801/
Tweeth800/
Htwe75113,326/
Thwe7543,120/
Tweh756,175/
Twea75635/
Dwee7536/
Twie759/
Tuee754/
Twej751/
T'We751/
Twue751/
Tweu751/
Twei751/
Twey750/
Thweett731/
Twheedh731/
Thweets730/
Touee67100/
Twest6733/
Twije6722/
Twhed679/
Dweeh677/
Tweth676/
Tweha676/
Dwees675/
Dhwee675/
Twedh673/
Thwey673/
Twieh672/
Tweih672/
Twweh671/
Tuoee671/
Thweh671/
Tweuh671/
Tweiz671/
Twerr671/
Tuehe671/
Tduee671/
Twhie671/
Twhey671/
Dtwer671/

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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 Twee
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