Twesiga Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Twesiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 259 | 1:150,731 | 13,344 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Twesiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twesiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Twesiga is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Twesiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Twesiga is the 985,740th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Twesiga are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Twesiga is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 150,731. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Ntungamo District, where 27 percent reside, Mbarara District, where 19 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweesiga | 93 | 2 | / |
| Twesigoha | 88 | 7 | / |
| Twesige | 86 | 6,221 | / |
| Twasiga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Twesigye | 80 | 29,943 | / |
| Twesigee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tweesige | 80 | 2 | / |
| Twesighe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twesigge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tweesigye | 75 | 4 | / |
| Twessigye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Twetsigye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tweisigye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Twisige | 71 | 3 | / |
| Twisigye | 67 | 7 | / |
| Twesegye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tweizige | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tweizegy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tweiziguy | 63 | 1 | / |
| Twisege | 57 | 6 | / |
| Twisegye | 53 | 2 | / |
| Twissegye | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Twesiga
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