Twiston Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Twiston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Twiston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twiston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Twiston is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Twiston? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Twiston live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles.
It is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 43 percent reside, Devon, where 14 percent reside and Oxfordshire, where 14 percent reside. Besides England this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 8 percent reside.
Twiston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Twiston has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Twiston last name increased 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Twiston
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