Twenya Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Twenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Twenya Last Name Facts

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

Twenya occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Twenya is the 3,602,217th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Twenya reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Twenya is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 857,680. In Zimbabwe Twenya is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 56 percent live and Harare Province, where 44 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.

Twenya Last Name Statistics demography

Twenya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.8% less than the national average, earning R 19,488 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwenya921/
Twenye83120/
Dwenya8331/
Twenyo831/
Htwenyo771/
Thwenye771/
Thwanya771/
Twahanya711/
Twehenyo711/
Twenji6725/
Duenya6724/
Dwenyo677/
Twenje671/
Tuegna671/
Tuenye671/
Twynha671/
Tuenia670/
Twonia670/

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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 Twenya
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