Cawkill Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cawkill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cawkill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1531:364,17025,923
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England571:427,63825,025

Cawkill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cawkill is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cawkill? popularity and diffusion

Cawkill is the 1,374,607th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname Cawkill occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Cawkill reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 364,170. In England Cawkill is primarily concentrated in: North Yorkshire, where 30 percent are found, Norfolk, where 20 percent are found and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 17 percent are found. Besides England this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Cawkill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cawkill has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Cawkill surname grew 268 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cawkell8686/
Sawkill8683/
Cawcill860/
Cowkill860/
Kawkil779/
Cawkel770/
Sawkil770/
Jafkill711/
Sawkell710/
Cowquill670/
Kaewkl624/
Cawcel621/
Kowkiel5761/
Kaewkael531/
Keawkled531/

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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 Cawkill
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