Twishime Surname
Approximately 543 people bear this surname
Twishime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 407 | 1:95,920 | 9,768 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Twishime (68) may also be a first name.
Twishime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twishime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Twishime is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Twishime? popularity and diffusion
The surname Twishime is the 578,557th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 13,420,895 people. Twishime occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Twishime live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Twishime is also the 1,181,159th most common first name throughout the world, held by 68 people.
The last name Twishime is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 407 people, or 1 in 95,920. In Uganda Twishime is primarily found in: Kisoro District, where 57 percent are found, Mubende District, where 16 percent are found and Kamwenge District, where 4 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Rwanda, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twisime | 93 | 17 | / |
| Tuishime | 88 | 98 | / |
| Tweshime | 88 | 2 | / |
| Twishima | 88 | 1 | / |
| Twisheme | 88 | 1 | / |
| Twesime | 80 | 637 | / |
| Tuishim | 80 | 13 | / |
| Tuishima | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tweesime | 75 | 1 | / |
| Twaisima | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuisim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tuisima | 67 | 756 | / |
| Twesima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuissima | 63 | 31 | / |
| Tuhesime | 63 | 1 | / |
| Thuissima | 59 | 2 | / |
| Tuisem | 57 | 63 | / |
| Tuicima | 53 | 57 | / |
| Thuisem | 53 | 19 | / |
| Tuesimi | 53 | 12 | / |
| Tuisauma | 50 | 1 | / |
| Dueshima | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Twishime
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