Battiscombe Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Battiscombe Surname Definition:

A manor near Lyme Regis, co. Dorset, In which county the family podigree is traced to the XV., cent. See Hutchins's Dorsetshre, i, 586.

Battiscombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales281:110,5198,545
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
England161:3,482,379114,324
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315
Wales101:156,8426,008
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

Battiscombe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A manor near Lyme Regis, co. Dorset, In which county the family podigree is traced to the XV., cent. See Hutchins's Dorsetshre, i, 586.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Bettiscombe; a location name in Dorset.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Battiscombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Battiscombe is found in Wales more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Battiscombe.

How Common Is The Last Name Battiscombe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Battiscombe are found; 54 percent are found in Northern Europe and 54 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Battiscombe is most widely held in Wales, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 110,519. In Wales Battiscombe is most frequent in: City and County of Cardiff, where 93 percent live, Carmarthenshire, where 4 percent live and Vale of Glamorgan County Borough, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Wales Battiscombe occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.

Battiscombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Battiscombe has changed over time. In Wales the share of the population with the last name increased 280 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Battiscombe Last Name Statistics demography

Battiscombe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.5% less than the national average, earning R 184,164 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Battiscoombe961/
Battiscombo910/
Biddscombe761/
Biddiscombe73698/
Biddescombe734/
Beddiscombe731/
Biddoscombe731/
Biddescomb673/
Biddiscomb671/
Baticonvoi571/

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