Bornwell Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Bornwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bornwell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3921:43,6716,239
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Bornwell (8,594) may also be a first name.

Bornwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bornwell is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bornwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bornwell is the 683,026th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bornwell live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Bornwell is also the 67,821st most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 8,594 people.

This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Aside from Malawi Bornwell exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

Bornwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bornwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bornwell last name fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bornwelle941/
Borenwell940/
Bornwel934/
Barnwell888,991/
Burnwell8816/
Bernwell882/
Bournwill821/
Barnwel801/
Barnwill753/
Varnwell753/
Barenwll751/
Burnbell751/
Barnwele750/
Burnwill750/
Burnwl714/
Barnwl713/
Bormbel671/
Baarnwl671/
Barnbill630/
Bernuil5388/
Barmbel532/
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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 Bornwell
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