Tweyise Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Tweyise Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tweyise Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Tweyise Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tweyise is found most in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tweyise.

How Common Is The Last Name Tweyise? popularity and diffusion

Tweyise is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tweyise live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Tweyise is primarily found in: Free State, where 86 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 14 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 22 percent reside.

Tweyise Last Name Statistics demography

Tweyise earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.62% less than the national average, earning R 46,056 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twayise86101/
Tweyisi861/
Tweisge861/
Tweis837/
Twise832/
Thwayise801/
Twaise77357/
Tweiss7786/
Twisse7727/
Twisie772/
Tweisi772/
Tweish771/
Tweisy771/
Tweihouse750/
Dwayise7169/
Twayisa7155/
Tweyaze713/
Tweyeze713/
Twayisi712/
Tweijer712/
Tweissi712/
Thwishe711/
Tweesie711/
Twaaise711/
Dweis67708/
Twase67248/
Twees674/
Dweished673/
T'Weijer672/
Thwayisi672/
Twais671/
Tweiz671/
Tuheishe671/
Dwise671/
Tuhoyise671/
Twoes670/

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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 Tweyise
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