Twis Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Israel

Twis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Twis (178) may also be a first name.

Twis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Twis is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Twis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Twis reside; 45 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 45 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 683,417th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 178 people.

This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia Twis is most frequent in: East Kalimantan, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 27 percent are found.

Twis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Twis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Twis surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twiss893,922/
Tweis897/
Twish896/
Twise892/
Twais891/
Twaise80357/
Twaits80252/
Twaish80239/
Tweiss8086/
Twisse8027/
Thwish802/
Tweish801/
Twoish800/
Thwist800/
Tuis75708/
Twix75168/
Dwis7598/
Twij753/
Twic751/
Twes751/
Twiz751/
Htwaish731/
Twaaise731/
Thwishe731/
Thuis671,157/
Dweis67708/
Twice67233/
Tuits67176/
Twest6733/
Tuise6726/
Tuisz6715/
Twaij6714/
Twese6710/
Dwish675/
Twees674/
Tuiss671/
Dwise671/
Dwisp671/
Tuish671/
Thwaitts671/
Thwes671/
Dwais671/
Tuist671/
Twich671/
Tweiz671/
Twixh671/
Tuhis671/
Twexs671/
Twjse671/
Dwiss670/
Dwies670/

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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 Twis
  • 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