Twing Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Twing Surname Definition:

TWING: (Danish.) From Twinge, to force, master, subdue; or a name perhaps given from his dexterity in archery. At Wing, may be abbreviated to Twing.

Twing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4051:894,96067,538
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:452,42132,615

Twing (68) may also be a first name.

Twing Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

TWING: (Danish.) From Twinge, to force, master, subdue; or a name perhaps given from his dexterity in archery. At Wing, may be abbreviated to Twing.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Twing Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twing is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twing? popularity and diffusion

It is the 708,658th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Twing reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Twing is also the 1,181,159th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 68 people.

The surname Twing is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 405 people, or 1 in 894,960. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 15 percent live, Massachusetts, where 11 percent live and Wisconsin, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Twing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Twing has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Twing last name grew 365 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Twing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Twing surname are 9.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.88% being registered to vote for the party.

Twing earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.83% more than the national average, earning $44,803 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thwing91466/
Twinng910/
Twng891/
Tuing80126/
Tweng8030/
Dwing808/
Twink804/
Tuhing738/
Thuing732/
Dwings731/
Thwyng730/
Twnx671/
Tueng60178/
Duing60152/
Tuink6062/
Dweng607/
Twenk600/
Thueng552/
Toueng551/
Tuinqe550/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Twing
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