Bytheway Surname

253,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bytheway Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the way' (Middle English vey), from residence by the wayside; compare Lane, and v. Ridgway.

John ate Wey, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de le Weye, Devon, ibid.

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Bytheway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8591:64,8647,561
United States4661:777,80960,305
Australia1221:221,27621,136
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Scotland281:191,20810,357
Wales261:119,0209,008
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2741:88,9619,277
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bytheway Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the way' (Middle English vey), from residence by the wayside; compare Lane, and v. Ridgway.

John ate Wey, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de le Weye, Devon, ibid.

Thomas de la Weye, Kent, ibid.

1584. John Weave, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1605. Henry Waie, or Waye, Dorset: ibid.

1637. Married — William Way and Elizabeth Harris: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller By the Path or Road [Old English bi þœm wege—weg, path, &c.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Way, via, a road, seems an unsatisfactory origin. In the Rotul. Hund. there is mention, however, of one Hugo in Via. (Vol. ii. p. 331.) The name is found in North Devon, temp. Henry VII.; and in that district the termination nay is of frequent occurrence in the names of farms, homesteads, and the like, without any reference to, or connection with, roads. The mullets hauriant in the arms of one family have been supposed to be allusive to the river Wey, co. Dorset, in which mullets are abundant. Ate-Wey is one of the forms in H.R. It may be an old baptismal designation, as Wege or Weghe is found in Domesd. as the name of a tenant anterior to the Survey.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A road or passage of any kind; a name given to one who resided there. "Will o' the Way."

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Bytheway Last Name Facts

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

Bytheway is most common in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bytheway? popularity and diffusion

Bytheway is the 253,048th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,662,537 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Bytheway live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 859 people, or 1 in 64,864. In England it is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 36 percent reside, Derbyshire, where 14 percent reside and Shropshire, where 10 percent reside. Outside of England this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Bytheway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bytheway has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bytheway surname increased 314 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 4,660 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 2,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bytheway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bytheway last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.

The amount Bytheway earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.22% more than the national average, earning R 240,540 per year; in United States they earn 4.38% less than the national average, earning $41,257 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.18% less than the national average, earning $49,098 CAD per year.

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