Surname Twiss

Family name Twiss (Twiss , Твисс , Tawiss ) , worldwide, is quite a rare surname. The family name Twiss is characteristic of New Zealand, where it is quite a rare surname, Ireland, where it is a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Very seldom, Twiss is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Twiss

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Twiss	Australia, Canada, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States
Твисс	Russia
Tawiss	United States

Last names said to be same

ทวิส

Notable namesakes

	william twiss British general (b. 1745)
	richard twiss English traveler, writer, and Hispanist (1747-1821), GB (b. 1747)
	francis twiss (1760-1827) (b. 1760)
	horace twiss English writer and politician, GB (b. 1787)
	frances ann twiss (1790-1864) (b. 1790)
	amelia twiss (1791-1852) (b. 1791)
	edward twiss (born 1795) (b. 1795)
	john twiss (1798-1866) (b. 1798)
	thomas s twiss Twiss, Thomas S; class of 1826, US (b. 1803)
	fanny horatia serle twiss (1818-1874) (b. 1818)
	edith minot twiss American botanist (1873-1925), US (b. 1873)
	guy ouchterlony twiss (1834-1918) (b. 1834)
	quintin twiss English cricketer and actor (1835-1900), GB (b. 1835)
	wilfred charles twiss botanist (b. 1868)
	lionel peter twiss British Royal Navy officer; World War II pilot; aviator (1921-2011), GB (b. 1921)

Characteristic forenames

Mr, Dee, Deb, Rex, Roy, Ron, Rob, Ray, Pam, Pat, Kim, Ken, Bob, Bev, Bea, Ben, Amy, Art, Ann, Sue, Sam, Meg, Mel, Max, May, Ed, Jo, Bj, Al, Ms, Dan, and Geo