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 last name Twesten is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twesten? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 592,650th most common family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. Twesten is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Twesten are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Twesten is most common in Germany, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 200,262. In Germany Twesten is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 74 percent are found, Hamburg, where 16 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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 surname rose 2,420 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Twesten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Twesten surname are 1.38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.85% registered with the political 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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