populated places with highest incidence of multiple birth populated places with highest incidence of multiple birth this article lists places worldwide where relatively high birth rates of twins were documented: villages or towns "towns of twins" locationcountrycontinenttwin birth rate kodinhiindiaasia204 sets of twins and 2 sets of triplets born to 2,000 families velikaya kopanyaukraineeurope122 twins in a population of 4,000 igbo-oranigeriaafrica45 to 50 sets of twins per 1000 live births cândido godóibrazilsouth americaone in 10 births involves twins mohammadpur umriindiaasiaone in 10 births involves twins abu atwa, ismailiaegyptafrica states in 2008, massachusetts has emerged as the most prolific producer of multiple births in the united states. the state has a twin birth rate of 4.5 for every 100 live births, compared with a national rate of 3.2. countries there is publicly available, peer edited, cited literature to rank the twinning rate by country. www.livescience.com has an article related to this, but article’s only citation is the authors previous opinion article.