Twesten Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Twesten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twesten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4021:200,26222,998
United States1211:2,995,528175,060
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Twesten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twesten occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twesten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Twesten is the 592,650th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Twesten are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 200,262. In Germany Twesten is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 74 percent are found, Hamburg, where 16 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent are found. Beside Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent are found.

Twesten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Twesten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Twesten last name increased 2,420 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Twesten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Twesten surname are 1.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.85% registered to vote for the party.

Twesten earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.7% more than the national average, earning $44,744 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tweten92940/
Tweeten86435/
Twetten8658/
Tweiten8654/
Twedten8617/
Twisten862/
Twetenn861/
Tueten775/
Twiten770/
Duesten7131/
Twaiten7115/
Tuedten711/
Tweting711/
Tweetem711/
Twistem710/
Twistin710/
Tuestin710/
Tuethien672/
Thuethien635/
Tuiten62111/
Tueting57138/
Twitting5347/
Tuitienė532/
D'Witten531/

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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 Twesten
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