Twiga Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Twiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Twiga (11) may also be a first name.
Twiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Twiga is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Twiga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Twiga live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 11 people.
Twiga is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Twiga is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 25 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 25 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 25 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and Poland, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Twiga
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