Twining Surname

165,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Monaco

Twining Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Twining,' a parish in Gloucestershire, two miles from Tewkesbury.

1804. Married — Martin Kelly and Hester Twining: St. George, Hanover Square.

Twining Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7721:204,54820,076
England3301:168,84315,578
Australia3161:85,4299,880
Canada1241:297,14227,584
Wales351:88,4157,250
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Fiji11:894,3914,568
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Monaco11:37,0664,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2141:113,90411,075
Wales251:62,7373,061
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5291:94,9319,707

Twining (32) may also be a first name.

Twining Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Twining,' a parish in Gloucestershire, two miles from Tewkesbury.

1804. Married — Martin Kelly and Hester Twining: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Twining (Glouc.), the Domesday Tueninge, a.d. 814 (Latin charter) Bituinœum = Between Streams [Old English betwín, etc., between + ed(u)m, eán, dat. pl. of eá, a stream] The village ... is situated on the road from Gloucester to Worcester, between the rivers Severn and Avon.—Nat. Gaz.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Gloucestershire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Twining, a parish co. Gloucester.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Twining Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twining is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twining? popularity and diffusion

The last name Twining is the 165,618th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,786,824 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Twining live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. Twining is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent forename worldwide, held by 32 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,772 people, or 1 in 204,548. In The United States Twining is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 16 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Twining Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Twining has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Twining last name grew 335 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 154 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 140 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Twining Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Twining surname are 12.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.94% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Twining earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $47,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $54,051 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twinning93211/
Twinings9310/
Twaining932/
Twinging930/
Tweining930/
Twyning86128/
Dwining8635/
Tuining8618/
Twineng860/
Twening860/
Twenning8029/
Tweening8012/
Twynning801/
Twwening801/
Twyninc711/
Tuineng711/
Duining710/
Thuening6742/
Tuinueng6732/
Duening5752/
Duinink5735/
Duininck53253/
Duehning5387/

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