Twomey Surname
Approximately 12,767 people bear this surname
Twomey Surname Definition:
= Toom(e)y, q.v.
Twomey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,601 | 1:1,023 | 193 |
| United States | 4,595 | 1:78,881 | 9,004 |
| Australia | 1,515 | 1:17,819 | 2,495 |
| England | 1,201 | 1:46,393 | 5,838 |
| Canada | 286 | 1:128,831 | 13,423 |
| New Zealand | 168 | 1:26,954 | 4,714 |
| Wales | 131 | 1:23,622 | 2,487 |
| Northern Ireland | 59 | 1:31,272 | 3,207 |
| South Africa | 59 | 1:918,266 | 58,838 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Niue | 1 | 1:1,614 | 145 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,965 | 1:1,494 | 284 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 406 | 1:123,691 | 12,002 |
Twomey (16) may also be a first name.
Twomey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Toom(e)y, q.v.
(Irish) Grandson of Tuaim (a sound).
Twomey Demographics
Average Male Twomey Height
176.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Twomey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Twomey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Twomey has its highest incidence in Ireland. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Twomey.
How Common Is The Last Name Twomey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Twomey is the 40,970th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 570,811 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Twomey are found; 47 percent are found in Northern Europe and 47 percent are found in British Isles. Twomey is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 16 people.
The surname Twomey is most commonly used in Ireland, where it is held by 4,601 people, or 1 in 1,023. In Ireland Twomey is mostly concentrated in: Munster, where 82 percent reside, Leinster, where 17 percent reside and Connaught, where 1 percent reside. Beside Ireland Twomey exists in 46 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.
Twomey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Twomey has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people who held the Twomey surname grew 155 percent between 1901 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,132 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 2,224 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,183 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Twomey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Twomey surname are 7.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.81% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Twomey earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 22.08% less than the national average, earning R 185,160 per year; in United States they earn 18.83% more than the national average, earning $51,273 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $49,213 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twoomey | 92 | 21 | / |
| Twomeys | 92 | 1 | / |
| Twomy | 91 | 0 | / |
| Tuomey | 83 | 444 | / |
| Twomay | 83 | 3 | / |
| Twomer | 83 | 2 | / |
| Twoomy | 83 | 2 | / |
| Twamey | 83 | 0 | / |
| Twemey | 83 | 0 | / |
| Twomme | 83 | 0 | / |
| Twomiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Twemeye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuomy | 73 | 46 | / |
| Dwome | 73 | 11 | / |
| Twoma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Twame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twemy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tuomie | 67 | 23 | / |
| Tuomes | 67 | 10 | / |
| Twamoe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Twemeh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Twameh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twemie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuomay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twomui | 67 | 1 | / |
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Twomey Reference & Research
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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
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- 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 Twomey
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