Cakebread Surname

335,097th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cakebread Surname Definition:

I Nick. I cannot suggest any origin but a sobriquet for one who made cake-bread; compare Blanchpain or Whitebread.

1613. Married — Thomas Cakebread and Isbell Bamea: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1632. Buried — Thomas, s. Richard Cakebread: St.

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Cakebread Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6461:86,2519,435
United States1891:1,917,772124,288
Australia1171:230,73221,761
Canada661:558,26746,632
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Wales131:238,04114,239
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
France81:8,302,840321,660
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malta11:430,2723,380
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4601:52,9906,373
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Cakebread Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

I Nick. I cannot suggest any origin but a sobriquet for one who made cake-bread; compare Blanchpain or Whitebread.

1613. Married — Thomas Cakebread and Isbell Bamea: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1632. Buried — Thomas, s. Richard Cakebread: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) metonymic for a Maker of Rolls (or Fine Bread).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Seems to belong to the same category as Whitbread, Wastel, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Probably a corruption of Calcebued or Caucebued. Radulphus Calcebued was of Normandy, 1180 (Mag. Rot. Scac.).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Flemish, Kaekelbeck or Cakelberg; personal name Comp. from the Dutch, Kechel; from the German, Kegel; from the Danish, Keck.

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

Cakebread Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cakebread occurs most in England. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cakebread? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 335,097th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,619,024 people. The last name Cakebread occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Cakebread are found; 62 percent are found in Northern Europe and 62 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 646 people, or 1 in 86,251. In England Cakebread is primarily found in: Greater London, where 21 percent reside, Kent, where 11 percent reside and Bedfordshire, where 11 percent reside. Beside England Cakebread occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Cakebread Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cakebread has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Cakebread last name increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cakebread Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Cakebread surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Cakebread last name are 12.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.97% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cakebread earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.83% more than the national average, earning R 241,992 per year; in United States they earn 12.46% more than the national average, earning $48,524 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.23% more than the national average, earning $53,273 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cakebrread951/
Cakebred940/
Cakbread940/
Cockbread781/

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Cakebread Reference & Research

Cakebread DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Cakebread FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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