Twain Surname
Approximately 438 people bear this surname
Twain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 139 | 1:2,607,618 | 157,688 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Lebanon | 47 | 1:119,938 | 6,562 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Twain (565) may also be a first name.
Twain Demographics
Average Twain Salary in
United States
$50,973 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Twain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Twain (Arabic: توين) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Twain? popularity and diffusion
Twain is the 679,794th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. The surname Twain occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Twain are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Twain is also the 353,173rd most common first name at a global level, held by 565 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 2,607,618. In The United States Twain is most frequent in: California, where 28 percent live, New York, where 17 percent live and Oregon, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent live and Lebanon, where 11 percent live.
Twain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Twain has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Twain last name grew 556 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 19 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Twain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Greek Orthodox (97%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Twain surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Twain earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 18.13% more than the national average, earning $50,973 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.34% less than the national average, earning $35,601 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twaine | 91 | 8 | / |
| Twayin | 91 | 1 | / |
| Twin | 89 | 1,001 | / |
| Twan | 89 | 332 | / |
| Twasing | 83 | 70 | / |
| Twaiten | 83 | 15 | / |
| Thwin | 80 | 28,690 | / |
| Twine | 80 | 7,093 | / |
| Twinn | 80 | 935 | / |
| Twane | 80 | 322 | / |
| Twanh | 80 | 27 | / |
| Dwain | 80 | 25 | / |
| Htwan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ttwan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Twaim | 80 | 2 | / |
| Twaun | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twamn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twein | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twhin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thwan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tdwan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twann | 80 | 0 | / |
| Twoin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thwayine | 77 | 4 | / |
| Twassing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Twayan | 73 | 1,258 | / |
| Thwane | 73 | 1,192 | / |
| Dwaine | 73 | 55 | / |
| Twayen | 73 | 32 | / |
| Tuaina | 73 | 11 | / |
| Twinne | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tuasin | 73 | 5 | / |
| Thwine | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tweine | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twasim | 73 | 1 | / |
| T'Wane | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dwayin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuajin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuaion | 73 | 1 | / |
| Htwane | 73 | 1 | / |
| Htwang | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twajen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twijin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twayne | 73 | 0 | / |
| Twayon | 73 | 0 | / |
| Twiten | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tuan | 67 | 270,188 | / |
| Dwan | 67 | 2,176 | / |
| Twayneh | 67 | 168 | / |
| Tweiten | 67 | 54 | / |
| Twam | 67 | 45 | / |
| Tuating | 67 | 12 | / |
| Twen | 67 | 12 | / |
| Twichen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Twiyant | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thwaane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Twyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dwainne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuhaine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tweting | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twaseng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twayene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tweejan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twjn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuaiang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thuaina | 67 | 1 | / |
Twain Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Twain in the Arabic language | ||
| توين | twyn | - |
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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
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- 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 Twain
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