Twig 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 2
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 16
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 23
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Twig Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Twig family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 6
Male Servant 4
Independent 4
Agricultural Labourer 3
Labourer 2
Cotton Reeler 2
Cotton Weaver 2
Silk Peicer 1
Bricklayor 1
Weaver 1
Howker 1
Miner 1
Washer Woman 1
Widow 1
Bonnett Maker 1
Shoe Maker 1
Engine Winder 1
Spinster 1
Clerggman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Twig

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Twig 32
Mary Twig 32
John Twig 31
William Twig 31
Sarah Twig 27
Thomas Twig 27
George Twig 17
Joseph Twig 16
Ann Twig 12
Margaret Twig 12
Eliza Twig 9
Ellen Twig 8
Arthur Twig 7
Edward Twig 7
James Twig 7
Catherine Twig 6
Charlotte Twig 6
Charles Twig 5
David Twig 4
Emma Twig 4
Jane Twig 4
Richard Twig 4
Ada Twig 3
Alfred Twig 3
Annie Twig 3

Twig Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Twigg 80% 13,635
2 Twig 100% 443

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The surname Twig is the 2nd most popular variant of Twigg.

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