Ailward Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ailward Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ailward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:1,071,50151,923
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Ailward Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ailward Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ailward is found most frequently in England. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ailward? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,635,433rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Ailward occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Ailward are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 1,071,501. In England Ailward is most prevalent in: Buckinghamshire, where 38 percent live, Greater London, where 25 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 19 percent live. Aside from England this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live.

Ailward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ailward has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Ailward surname grew 208 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ailward
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