Twetwe Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Twetwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twetwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Twetwe (11) may also be a first name.

Twetwe Last Name Facts

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

Twetwe is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Twetwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Twetwe is the 2,136,387th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twetwe reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 11 people.

Twetwe is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,425,729. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 61 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Free State, where 16 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Twetwe exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 44 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.

Twetwe Last Name Statistics demography

Twetwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.23% less than the national average, earning R 104,004 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwethwe861/
Twetwa83610/
Thwetwa7710/
Tuetue6750/
Twedwa671/
Twitwi671/
Thwehethwehe671/
Tweedue621/
Twaitwai571/
Thwaathwai501/

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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 Twetwe
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