Twain Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Twain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Twain family

Profession Census Frequency
Stocking Maker 3
Shoe Maker 2
Butcher 1
Candle Stick Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Twain

Name Census Frequency
Mary Twain 9
Sarah Twain 8
Thomas Twain 8
William Twain 8
James Twain 6
John Twain 6
Joseph Twain 6
Samuel Twain 5
Albert Twain 3
Ann Twain 3
Annie Twain 3
Ellen Twain 3
George Twain 3
Nellie Twain 3
Walter Twain 3
Alice Twain 2
Arthur Twain 2
Clara Twain 2
Elizabeth Twain 2
Florence Twain 2
Frank Twain 2
Frederick Twain 2
Gertrude Twain 2
Harold Twain 2
Jane Twain 2

Twain Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Town 40% 12,445
2 Twine 60% 3,746
3 Tween 60% 1,330
4 Towne 20% 896
5 Twin 80% 817
6 Tawn 60% 475
7 Outwin 50% 440
8 Twain 100% 159
9 Towan 60% 104

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The surname Twain is the 8th most popular variant of Town.

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