Twijuke Surname

396,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 888 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Twijuke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twijuke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda8821:44,2625,540
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Twijuke (16) may also be a first name.

Twijuke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twijuke is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twijuke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Twijuke is the 396,862nd most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,206,696 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Twijuke live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Twijuke is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 16 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 882 people, or 1 in 44,262. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kibaale District, where 34 percent are found, Kyenjojo District, where 17 percent are found and Kabarole District, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tweijuke931/
Twijjuke931/
Twijjukey881/
Twijuka8625/
Twijoke861/
Twijuce861/
Twijukyi801/
Twejuka713/
Tueux50156/
Dwiug501/

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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 Twijuke
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