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    The surname Twomey

    An Irish surname, carried by 3,245 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T500

    Twomey: #9,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Twomey #9,949, 3,245 people Twomey: #9,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Twomey #9,949, 3,245 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Twomey is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Toomey.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,245 people named Twomey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,145 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,113.

    #9,949
    rank among US surnames
    3,245
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,578)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,940McCarroll3,24695,116
    #9,949Schantz3,24595,145
    #9,953Courson3,24495,174
    #9,954Alpert3,24395,204
    #9,956Goines3,24295,233

    Who is named Twomey

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

    95% of people named Twomey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Twomeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anne Twomey
      American actress (born 1951)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Twomey

    Twomey has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Twomey come from?
    Variant of Toomey.
    How common is the surname Twomey?
    3,245 people in the United States had the surname Twomey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,145 Americans. It ranked 9,949th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Twomey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Twomey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Twomey?
    Anne Twomey, American actress (born 1951).
    Where is the surname Twomey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Twomey in the United States.
    Is the surname Twomey getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,245 in 2010, up 4.2%.