Bakwell Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Bakwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bakwell Last Name Facts

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

Bakwell is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Bakwell reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: North Dakota, where 67 percent are found and Minnesota, where 33 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Wales, where 25 percent are found.

Bakwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bakwell has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Backwell93393/
Baskwell9353/
Bankwell9332/
Backweill881/
Bagwell8615,793/
Bakwele8696/
Baqwell862/
Bankwel861/
Bakwill860/
Beckwell80113/
Bockwell8016/
Baggwell803/
Baikwill801/
Backwill801/
Bookwell801/
Bangkwel801/
Bagwel7742/
Bacwel771/
Bokwel771/
Boockwell750/
Backquell750/
Bagwill71312/
Bokwele71150/
Bogwell717/
Baguell713/
Vagwell712/
Bokweld711/
Bakhwil711/
Becwell711/
Bangwel711/
Bakwile711/
Bekwiel711/
Bagwael711/
Baquell711/
Beckwel710/
Begwell710/
Bokhwele6761/
Bagcuell673/
Bongwell671/
Boggwell671/
Bangkwil671/
Bangkuel671/
Bougwell671/
Beckwill670/
Bookweil670/
Baghuell670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bakwell
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