Twiggins Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Twiggins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Twiggins Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
England111:5,065,278148,650
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:534,74514,325

Twiggins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twiggins is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Twiggins click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twiggins? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Twiggins live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,187,557. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 100 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.

Twiggins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Twiggins has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Twiggins surname decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twiggns931/
Dwiggins881,491/
Twiggens880/
D'Wiggins821/
Dwigins800/
Dwiggens7510/
Dbiggins753/
Dwidgins751/
Duiggins750/
Dwigens670/
Twisinze631/
Duiggens630/
Dweggens630/
Tuijns571/
Thuijns5315/
Twisenje5017/
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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 Twiggins
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