Twili Surname

445,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 766 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Twili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7401:62,4056,073
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Twili (278) may also be a first name.

Twili Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twili is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Twili click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twili? popularity and diffusion

It is the 445,430th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,513,768 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Twili reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 532,586th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 278 people.

It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 740 people, or 1 in 62,405. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Machakos County, where 45 percent live, Makueni County, where 30 percent live and Nairobi County, where 14 percent live. Apart from Kenya it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Twili Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Twili last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Twili earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.86% less than the national average, earning R 74,004 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twaili916/
Twilia915/
Twilli912/
Dwili8070/
Twila8046/
Twile8014/
Tweli807/
Tuili806/
Twily800/
T'Weilie771/
Dwilia7336/
Twiley7316/
Twille734/
Twaila734/
Twaily734/
Twylia732/
Tuilai732/
Tuilio731/
Tuilii731/
Twilge730/
Twiles730/
Twilley672,697/
Twisler6725/
Thuilie673/
Dtwiler672/
Tuhaili671/
Tweiler670/
Twailes670/

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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 Twili
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