Twu Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Thailand

Twu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1581:2,294,044142,811
Thailand661:1,070,278160,486
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Twu (42) may also be a first name.

Twu Last Name Facts

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

Twu occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twu? popularity and diffusion

Twu is the 1,038,570th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Twu reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 42 people.

Twu is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 2,294,044. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 52 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and Michigan, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.

Twu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Twu surname are 3.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Twu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.59% more than the national average, earning $69,726 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twuh865/
Twau864/
Twou862/
Twui861/
Dtwu861/
Twuu861/
Twut861/
Twuj861/
Tweu861/
Twuz861/
Twuit752/
Tdwud751/
Twubp751/
Tweuh751/
Twuss750/
Dwu679/
Twhous671/

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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 Twu
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