Tweh Surname

79,060th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tweh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tweh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia6,0441:729100
United States1041:3,485,182196,218
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
England41:13,929,515290,718
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tweh (262) may also be a first name.

Tweh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tweh occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tweh? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tweh is the 79,060th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,180,169 people. The surname Tweh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tweh live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Tweh is also the 549,774th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 262 people.

The last name Tweh is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 6,044 people, or 1 in 729. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 36 percent live, Sinoe County, where 18 percent live and River Gee County, where 14 percent live. Apart from Liberia Tweh is found in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.

Tweh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tweh surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.

Tweh earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.3% less than the national average, earning $24,895 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tweha896/
Tweth896/
Twedh893/
Tweih892/
Twieh892/
Twehe891/
Twweh891/
Thweh891/
Tweuh891/
Twe8666/
Tweith8014/
Tweish801/
Thweah801/
Tweeth800/
Htwe75113,326/
Thwe7543,120/
Dweh7510,666/
Twea75635/
Twee7526/
Twih7510/
Twie759/
Twha758/
Twjh752/
T'We751/
Twue751/
Tweu751/
Twej751/
Twei751/
Twey750/
Twheedh731/
Thweath730/
Twohy67335/
Tuech67187/
Tueth6777/
Dweih6739/
Twest6733/
Twije6722/
Toueh6714/
Twhed679/
Dweeh677/
Twees674/
Thwey673/
Tuehe671/
Dwehh671/
Twhey671/
Twhie671/
Tueht671/
Dtwer671/
Dweht671/
Tweiz671/
Thwee671/
Tuehr671/
Twerr671/
Twyht671/
Twhee671/
Twith670/
Twhay670/

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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 Tweh
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