Birdwell Surname

75,097th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Birdwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birdwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,5001:55,7636,659
Guam81:20,0153,029
France71:9,488,960336,266
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
England21:27,859,030389,889
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6961:72,1537,745

Birdwell (15) may also be a first name.

Birdwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Birdwell is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birdwell? popularity and diffusion

Birdwell is the 75,097th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,114,304 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Birdwell live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name in the world, held by 15 people.

The last name Birdwell is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 6,500 people, or 1 in 55,763. In The United States Birdwell is most common in: Texas, where 30 percent live, Tennessee, where 18 percent live and Nevada, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Guam, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Birdwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Birdwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Birdwell surname increased 934 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birdwell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Birdwell last name are 3.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.58% being registered to vote for the political party.

Birdwell earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $42,739 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birdweell940/
Birdwel932/
Birtwell88754/
Byrdwell8850/
Birdwill886/
Berdwell884/
Beardwell82316/
Birthwell826/
Bertwell75273/
Berthwell715/
Bertwel670/
Berthwel631/
Bertuel5354/
Virtuel5315/
Berthuel5042/

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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 Birdwell
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