Tweve Surname

34,259th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tweve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tweve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania15,4641:3,424475
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tweve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tweve is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tweve? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tweve is the 34,259th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 471,015 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tweve reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 15,464 people, or 1 in 3,424. In Tanzania it is most common in: Njombe Region, where 26 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 22 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 18 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tweyve911/
Tweevie831/
Tueve8019/
Twewe804/
Twave801/
Twivey7354/
Twyver738/
Tweeby734/
Tweebe731/
Tueves731/
Dweive731/
Twavey730/
Dweaver671/
Twehybe671/
T'Weivi671/

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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
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  • 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 Tweve
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