How common is the surname Twombly?

1,798 people in the United States had the surname Twombly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. It ranked 16,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Twombly?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Twombly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Twombly?

Cy Twombly, American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011), followed by Carol Twombly.

Where is the surname Twombly most common?

Wikidata records people named Twombly in the United States.

Is the surname Twombly getting more or less common?

More common. 1,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,798 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Twombly

A surname, carried by 1,798 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Twombly is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,798 people named Twombly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,709.

#16,100

rank among US surnames

1,798

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,699)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,098	Ferron	1,799	171,621
#16,100	Coughlan	1,798	171,716
#16,108	Parshall	1,797	171,812

Who is named Twombly

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

96% of people named Twombly identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Twomblys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cy Twombly
American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011)
Carol Twombly
American artist and typeface designer, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Twombly

Tomblin

Twombly has the Soundex code T514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T514.

Questions

How common is the surname Twombly?: 1,798 people in the United States had the surname Twombly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. It ranked 16,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Twombly?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Twombly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Twombly?: Cy Twombly, American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011), followed by Carol Twombly.
Where is the surname Twombly most common?: Wikidata records people named Twombly in the United States.
Is the surname Twombly getting more or less common?: More common. 1,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,798 in 2010, up 5.2%.