Twist

in the US

There are 1,056 people with the last name "Twist" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Twist 20,862
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  1. is 20,858th most common Rexroat
  2. is 20,859th most common Strausser
  3. is 20,860th most common Stueve
  4. is 20,861st most common Taniguchi
  5. is 20,862nd most common Twist
  6. is 20,863rd most common Winegardner
  7. is 20,864th most common Ardito
  8. is 20,865th most common Bocchino
  9. is 20,866th most common Bucholtz

Most Common First Names for Twist

David, John, Robert, Michael, James, Mary, Barbara, Donald, Paul, Thomas



Meaning & History

English (mainly Lancashire):

  • 1. probably a variant of Twiss, or possibly in a few cases from Twist, a minor place in Devon, or Twist Wood in Brede, Sussex, both named from Old English twist, Middle English twist ‘something twisted or forked’.
  • 2. possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone in the cotton-spinning industry, whose responsibility was to combine threads into a strong cord, a sense of twist recorded from the 16th century.

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