Twege Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Twege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 200 | 1:264,708 | 21,070 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Twege (107) may also be a first name.
Twege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Twege is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Twege? popularity and diffusion
The surname Twege is the 1,177,228th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name Twege is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twege reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 107 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 264,708. In Tanzania Twege is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 97 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent reside and Mara Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twegye | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tweger | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tweege | 91 | 1 | / |
| Twesgye | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tweigye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tweisge | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tweighe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tweegie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tuege | 80 | 67 | / |
| Twese | 80 | 10 | / |
| Twage | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tweze | 80 | 2 | / |
| Twega | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twige | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tweisgye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tuegeh | 73 | 746 | / |
| Twigge | 73 | 503 | / |
| Tueger | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tweezy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tweaze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twezer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twigey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tueget | 73 | 0 | / |
| Dweiger | 67 | 58 | / |
| Tweijer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Twaigei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twehesi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tweesie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toueger | 67 | 0 | / |
| Twigges | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- 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 Twege
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