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    The surname Tvedt

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 520 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T130

    Tvedt: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tvedt #41,799, 520 people Tvedt: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tvedt #41,799, 520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tvedt is more common than 74.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Borrowed from Norwegian Tvedt, from Danicized tveit, from Old Norse þveit. Doublet of thwaite.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 520 people named Tvedt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 412.

    #41,799
    rank among US surnames
    520
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.2%
    change since 2000 (was #48,196)

    Who is named Tvedt

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Tvedt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tvedt come from?
    Borrowed from Norwegian Tvedt, from Danicized tveit, from Old Norse þveit. Doublet of thwaite.
    How common is the surname Tvedt?
    520 people in the United States had the surname Tvedt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. It ranked 41,799th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tvedt?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tvedt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Tvedt getting more or less common?
    More common. 412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 520 in 2010, up 26%.