Twelvetrees Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Twelvetrees Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller in, or near, a clump of trees.

Twelvetrees Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England831:671,30238,633
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Wales41:773,63329,106
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England751:325,00521,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Twelvetrees Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller in, or near, a clump of trees.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From some locality trivially so denominated. So Sevenoaks in Kent, Five-Ashes in Sussex, &c. Quatrefages (four beeches) is a corresponding French surname.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Twelvetrees Last Name Facts

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

The last name Twelvetrees has its highest incidence in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twelvetrees? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,710,039th most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname Twelvetrees is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Twelvetrees live; 76 percent live in Northern Europe and 76 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 671,302. In England it is most common in: Berkshire, where 31 percent are found, Greater London, where 23 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 17 percent are found. Beside England it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Wales, where 4 percent are found.

Twelvetrees Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Twelvetrees has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Twelvetrees surname rose 111 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 313 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Twelvetrees Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Twelvetrees last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Twelvetrees earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.93% more than the national average, earning $44,846 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twellvetrees962/
Twelvetree9599/
Tuelvetree860/
Delvederis5734/
de Alva Torres561/
Dalvit Ereias502/

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