Twisty Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Twisty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twisty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Twisty (28) may also be a first name.

Twisty Last Name Facts

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

Twisty is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twisty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Twisty occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Twisty live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 28 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Twisty is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twiste8357/
Twisti833/
Twesty830/
Twistee771/
Twistees711/
Dwista676/
Dvisty671/
Twester624/
Twysted622/
Tuichty621/
Tuister621/
Duisetay571/
Duishetty533/
Tuesta5017,200/
Tueste5047/

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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 Twisty
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