Twente Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Twente Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twente Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1581:2,294,044142,811
Netherlands1111:152,13722,745
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Twente (16) may also be a first name.

Twente Last Name Facts

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

The last name Twente (Arabic: تونتي) is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twente? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 910,497th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name Twente is primarily found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Twente are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.

Twente is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 2,294,044. In The United States Twente is most frequent in: Missouri, where 28 percent live, Florida, where 13 percent live and Illinois, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 38 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Twente Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Twente has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Twente surname increased 1,317 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Twente Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Twente last name are 29.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.93% being registered to vote for the political party.

Twente earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.88% less than the national average, earning $41,044 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twenter92468/
Twentey9243/
Twentee922/
Twentie920/
Twent9184/
Twentiey864/
Twenty83339/
Tuente83128/
Twenta8398/
Twenti8345/
Twents8321/
Twient831/
Twinte831/
Twentz830/
Twnt802/
Tuenter77427/
Thuente77196/
Tuentes777/
Twentty772/
Thwentt771/
Dtwenty771/
Twint7386/
Dwent730/
Tuent730/
Thuented711/
Thwnteeh711/
Twynette711/
Tuinte67218/
Duente6735/
Twinta6719/
Dwenti675/
Thuenthee671/
Tuenta671/
Tuenti671/

Twente Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Twente in the Arabic language
تونتيtwnty-
توينتtwynt-

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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 Twente
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