Twigden Surname

853,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Twigden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twigden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1231:452,99229,924
Australia1111:243,20522,593
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Wales21:784,20816,349

Twigden Last Name Facts

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

The last name Twigden occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twigden? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 853,416th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name Twigden occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Twigden reside; 58 percent reside in Australasia and 58 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Twigden is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 452,992. In England Twigden is most prevalent in: Cambridgeshire, where 37 percent are found, Bedfordshire, where 23 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 35 percent are found and New Zealand, where 23 percent are found.

Twigden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Twigden has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 535 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twigdon862/
Tigadena801/
Twigdone801/
Tikden7719/
Togden771/
Tigdan771/
Tügden771/
Digden771/
Tgdn732/
Tikiden7149/
Twakden7137/
Tagaden7120/
Tikaden7119/
Tugaden7114/
Taguden716/
Tikeden712/
Takiden712/
Toguden711/
Tagoden711/
Tegaden711/
Teigten711/
Tikoden711/
Tgooden711/
Taigten711/
Tagudeen6753/
Diggeden6739/
Ticudean6727/
Toki-Den6719/
Takideen676/
Takidden675/
Tigoudon674/
Wtukiden674/
Diogoden674/
Tagudena673/
Tiguidan672/
Tagadene672/
Tigdania672/
Diagaden671/
Tagodena671/
Digdeani671/
Tagadeen671/

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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
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  • 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 Twigden
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