Ardwell Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Ardwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ardwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Ardwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ardwell is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ardwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Ardwell live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

Ardwell is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 6,430,637. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Badakhshan, where 100 percent live. Apart from Afghanistan this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live.

Ardwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ardwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ardwell last name decreased 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hardwell931,550/
Hardwelle880/
Artwell86422/
Hardwel86235/
Gardwel861/
Ordwell860/
Hartwell8013,679/
Hardwill8063/
Gartwell807/
Herdwell800/
Heartwell75203/
Harthwell754/
Hartweell753/
Harttwell751/
Aerthwell750/
Hartwiell750/
Hartwwell750/
Hartwel718/
Artuell713/
Garduel711/
Ortwell711/
Hartwill67104/
Hertwell672/
Hartweld672/
Gordwill671/
Hartwelt670/
Hortwell670/
Gartwyl5750/
Hartuel570/
Hortwel570/
Arthuel570/
Hortwill530/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Ardwell
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