van Twest Surname

572,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 551 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

van Twest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Twest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Australia1711:157,87016,525
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

van Twest Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Twest occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of van Twest click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Twest? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 572,152nd most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,226,036 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 66 percent of van Twest are found; 66 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Besides Sri Lanka van Twest exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 31 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Twist89462/
Van-Twest897/
van Twe880/
van Tue752/
van Dwe751/
van Duist67174/
van Duese671/
van Duits671/
van Due631/
van Tuip591/
van Duise561/
van Duijse5367/

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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 van Twest
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