Tweis Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Tweis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Tweis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tweis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tweis is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tweis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Tweis live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Tweis is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Tweis is most numerous in: Kapchorwa District, where 100 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweiss | 91 | 86 | / |
| Tweish | 91 | 1 | / |
| Twis | 89 | 11 | / |
| Twes | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tweyise | 83 | 9 | / |
| Twiss | 80 | 3,922 | / |
| Dweis | 80 | 708 | / |
| Twest | 80 | 33 | / |
| Twese | 80 | 10 | / |
| Twish | 80 | 6 | / |
| Twees | 80 | 4 | / |
| Twise | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thwes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twais | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tweiz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twexs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twoes | 80 | 0 | / |
| Twaise | 73 | 357 | / |
| Twaits | 73 | 252 | / |
| Twaish | 73 | 239 | / |
| Tweats | 73 | 216 | / |
| Twisse | 73 | 27 | / |
| Tweshe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Thwish | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tweeds | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twedds | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwist | 73 | 0 | / |
| Twoish | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tweihouse | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tuis | 67 | 708 | / |
| Twix | 67 | 168 | / |
| Twayise | 67 | 101 | / |
| Dwis | 67 | 98 | / |
| Twas | 67 | 39 | / |
| Thweshe | 67 | 19 | / |
| Twetshe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Twij | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tues | 67 | 3 | / |
| Twej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twaaise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thwishe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Htwaish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thwaies | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Weiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thweets | 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 Tweis
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