Twait Surname

578,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Twait Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twait Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5281:686,47554,517
Jordan81:1,105,30516,405
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Twait Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twait is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twait? popularity and diffusion

The last name Twait is the 578,557th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,420,895 people. The last name Twait occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Twait reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 528 people, or 1 in 686,475. In The United States Twait is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 38 percent reside, Iowa, where 16 percent reside and Minnesota, where 13 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 1 percent reside and Syria, where 0 percent reside.

Twait Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Twait has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 2,640 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Twait Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Twait last name are 35.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82% registered to vote for the party.

Twait earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.73% more than the national average, earning $46,918 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twaits91252/
Twaite91218/
Thwait913/
Twat894/
Twit893/
Thwaite831,485/
Thwaith831/
Twite8032,834/
Tweit80186/
Twitt80111/
Twidt8099/
Twatt8039/
Twast8028/
Twiet8017/
Twats804/
Twate803/
Tweat802/
Twath802/
Twuit802/
Thwat801/
Dwait801/
Twith800/
Thwaitts771/
Tweats73216/
Tweidt7323/
Tweite7321/
Thweat7318/
Tweith7314/
Tweatt735/
Twitte733/
Twuite731/
Twathe731/
Thwate731/
Thwist730/
Twatts730/
Thwuat730/
Tuat674,531/
Thweatt672,315/
Tuit67777/
Twet6723/
Dwit6714/
Ttwiyat674/
Dwat673/
Thwatts672/
Twid671/
Tweateh671/
Thwatte671/
Thwaett671/
Twiyate671/
Twyt671/
Twjt671/
Thwieat670/
Thweeat670/
Thweath670/

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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 Twait
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