Tweke Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Tweke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tweke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tweke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tweke has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tweke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tweke reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Tweke is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 85 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twaeke | 91 | 5 | / |
| Twekei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Twekije | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tweikeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tweka | 80 | 50 | / |
| Twake | 80 | 28 | / |
| Tueke | 80 | 11 | / |
| Tweky | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tweek | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tweeg | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tweak | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tweki | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twiek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twoke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tuecke | 73 | 81 | / |
| Tuheke | 73 | 38 | / |
| Tweiki | 73 | 15 | / |
| Twokee | 73 | 15 | / |
| Tueker | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tueske | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tueket | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tweche | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tweaky | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuekei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tweïki | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twakei | 73 | 1 | / |
| T'Weik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tweyki | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tweski | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tweiky | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twokey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Dwek | 67 | 1,577 | / |
| Tweg | 67 | 47 | / |
| Twik | 67 | 44 | / |
| Twisker | 67 | 34 | / |
| Tueckes | 67 | 13 | / |
| T'Weiky | 67 | 8 | / |
| T'Weiki | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tuek | 67 | 7 | / |
| Twex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuecker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuetker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tweikit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuekked | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twicker | 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 Tweke
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