Twins Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Twins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Twins (131) may also be a first name.

Twins Last Name Facts

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

Twins is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Twins? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Twins live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 811,108th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 131 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Twins is mostly found in: Lagos, where 71 percent are found, Ogun, where 13 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Twins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Twins has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Twins Last Name Statistics demography

Twins earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.76% more than the national average, earning $58,012 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twinsh911/
Twions910/
Twinz801/
Twens801/
Dwins801/
Tuins800/
Twinsdjs771/
Twinch7337/
Tweens736/
Tuinns734/
Twince731/
Dwions730/
Twuinze672/
Twnx671/
Twnz671/
Dwns670/
Dwens6011/
Dwims605/
Tuens605/
Twenz601/
Tuims600/
Duhins552/
Twenze551/
Touens551/
Twenje551/
Twence551/
Thouens5014/

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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 Twins
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis