Bywater Surname
Approximately 4,637 people bear this surname
Bywater Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. the son of Walter.' Middle English Water, Old French Wauter and Watier.
'My name is Walter Whitmore. How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright? Suffolk. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death.
Read More About This SurnameBywater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,279 | 1:24,448 | 3,375 |
| United States | 1,396 | 1:259,641 | 24,522 |
| Australia | 525 | 1:51,420 | 6,365 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| Wales | 80 | 1:38,682 | 3,791 |
| New Zealand | 68 | 1:66,593 | 10,133 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:198,290 | 10,618 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,422 | 1:17,142 | 2,492 |
| Wales | 80 | 1:19,605 | 1,139 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 228 | 1:220,257 | 18,738 |
Bywater (11) may also be a first name.
Bywater Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. the son of Walter.' Middle English Water, Old French Wauter and Watier.
'My name is Walter Whitmore. How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright? Suffolk. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death. A cunning man did calculate my birth, And told me that by Water I should die.': 2 Henry VI, Act iv. sc. 1.
'The account of Wattare Taylor and Wyllyam Partrynge, benge churchewardens': Churchwardens Accounts, Ludlow, 1541, Cam. Soc.
Wauter de Cornwaille, 1313. Writs of Parliament.
Alicia Wartson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Wauterson, 1379: ibid.
John Waterson, Yorkshire: Deposition from York Castle (Surtees Society).
1579- Judith, d. of Water Arksone, stranger: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).
1563. Baptised — William, son of Water Lancaster: St. Antholin (London).
— Buried — Water Right, servant to Richard Clarke: ibid.
1588. Margaret Watterson, of Cartmell: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
Married — Edward Waterson and Jane Harrison: St. Michael, Cornhill.
Forms of 'Walters,' 'son of Walter.' which see. Alison Walters in Fishweicke, 1676 (Lauder). Sergeant-Major Watters distinguished himself in the first Great War and was promoted to captain.
(English) Dweller By (the) Water [Old English bí (þœm) wœtere—wœter, water, sea] Johanna Bythewater.—Poll-Tax, Yorks, A.D. 1379.
John ad Aquam.—Hundred Rolls
A synonym of Sruffaun in Co. Waterford.
(Sruth, sruthán, a stream). MIF 225
In some dialects, the word water is applied to lakes and rivers, as Ullswater, Derwent-water, Black-water. Upon the adoption of surnames by the common people, a person who resided near such a place would be called William or John Atte-Water, still retained in Attwater; but on the omission of the preposition in the XV. century, the name was pluralized to Waters. The latinizations are De Aqua and Ad Aquam. See Water.
Local. A name given to one who navigated the waters, or resided near them.
Bywater Demographics
Average Male Bywater Height
178.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bywater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bywater Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bywater is found most in England. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bywater.
How Common Is The Last Name Bywater? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bywater is the 101,779th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,571,608 people. The last name Bywater occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Bywater live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 11 people.
The last name Bywater is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 2,279 people, or 1 in 24,448. In England it is mostly found in: South Yorkshire, where 11 percent reside, West Yorkshire, where 9 percent reside and West Midlands, where 7 percent reside. Apart from England this surname is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.
Bywater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bywater has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 612 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 540 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bywater Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bywater surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bywater last name are 17.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.37% being registered with the party.
The amount Bywater earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.02% more than the national average, earning R 385,020 per year; in United States they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $46,338 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.55% less than the national average, earning $42,952 CAD per year.
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