Cawthen Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Cawthen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Cawthen 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
England251:2,228,72284,230
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Cawthen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cawthen is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cawthen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,808,717th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Cawthen live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England Cawthen is mostly concentrated in: Lincolnshire, where 64 percent are found, Worcestershire, where 28 percent are found and Devon, where 4 percent are found. Beside England this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Cawthen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cawthen has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Cawthen last name grew 227 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it 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
Cavthen863/
Cawthem862/
Cawthin860/
Keawthen802/
Kawthoen801/
Zawthein801/
Cabten774/
Kawten771/
Cawtin770/
Kaewthoen752/
Keawthien751/
Kaewthuen751/
Kaewthaen751/
Kaewtien679/
Keawteun672/
Keawtean672/
Kawthion671/
Keawthem671/
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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 Cawthen
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