Twam Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

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

Twam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

Twam Last Name Facts

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

Twam is found most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Twam are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 11,326,842. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 50 percent live, New Jersey, where 22 percent live and Florida, where 13 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.

Twam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Twam surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.

Twam earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.43% more than the national average, earning $46,357 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Htwam892/
Twaim892/
Twamh891/
Thwam891/
Twamn891/
Twame891/
Twaime802/
Twasim801/
Tuam75364/
Twan75332/
Dwam7541/
Twom753/
Ttwheam735/
Twain67438/
Twane67322/
Thuam67166/
Twanh6727/
Tuame6712/
Dwamm676/
Tuaam674/
Htwan674/
Ttwan673/
Dwaim671/
Tdwan671/
Thwan671/
Thwaseem671/
Twaun671/
Twann670/

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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 Twam
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