Twatt Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Twatt Surname Definition:
A surname common to both Orkney and Shetland. The Twatts of Orkney may derive their surname from Twatt in Birsay, and the Twatts of Shetland from Twatt in the parish of Aithsting. John Twatt or Tuait raised an action at law against the rest of the heirs of Twat in 1563, and in 1580 there is recorded a wadset by Magnus Tuait (REO.
Read More About This SurnameTwatt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 31 | 1:172,704 | 9,690 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 175 | 1:21,390 | 2,080 |
Twatt Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A surname common to both Orkney and Shetland. The Twatts of Orkney may derive their surname from Twatt in Birsay, and the Twatts of Shetland from Twatt in the parish of Aithsting. John Twatt or Tuait raised an action at law against the rest of the heirs of Twat in 1563, and in 1580 there is recorded a wadset by Magnus Tuait (REO., p. 119-121,300). Peter in Twatt was underfoud (underbailiff) of Aithsting in 1624 (ibid., p. 431), and Joneta Tuatt was retoured heir of John Tuatt, dyer in Kirkwall, in 1677 (Retours, Orkney and Shetland, 117). Twait 1588.
Twatt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twatt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Twatt (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﻮﺍﺕ) is found in Scotland more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Twatt? popularity and diffusion
The surname Twatt is the 3,141,416th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Twatt reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in British Isles.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Scotland, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 172,704. In Scotland it is most frequent in: Orkney, where 39 percent reside, Aberdeenshire, where 35 percent reside and East Lothian, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Scotland it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Twatt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Twatt has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name contracted 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweatt | 91 | 5 | / |
| Twatts | 91 | 0 | / |
| Twat | 89 | 4 | / |
| Thweatt | 83 | 2,315 | / |
| Thwatts | 83 | 2 | / |
| Thwatte | 83 | 1 | / |
| Twait | 80 | 543 | / |
| Twast | 80 | 28 | / |
| Twats | 80 | 4 | / |
| Twate | 80 | 3 | / |
| Twath | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tweat | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thwat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thwaitts | 77 | 1 | / |
| Twaits | 73 | 252 | / |
| Twaite | 73 | 218 | / |
| Tweats | 73 | 216 | / |
| Thweat | 73 | 18 | / |
| Tuatte | 73 | 4 | / |
| Thwait | 73 | 3 | / |
| Twathe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwate | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thwuat | 73 | 0 | / |
| Thuatt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tuat | 67 | 4,531 | / |
| Thwaite | 67 | 1,485 | / |
| Dwat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tweateh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thwaith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thweath | 67 | 0 | / |
Twatt Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Twatt in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺗﻮﺍﺕ | atwat | - |
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Footnotes
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