Cawthorn Surname

198,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Cawthorn Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cawthorne,' a village four miles from Barnsley, Yorkshire Corthorn is a manifest variant and is found in the district.

Gamel de Cauthorn, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Cauthorn, Yorkshire, ibid.

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Cawthorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8131:445,82938,265
England6551:85,0669,329
Australia2561:105,45211,841
South Africa1671:324,41730,492
Canada951:387,84834,448
New Zealand481:94,34012,897
Northern Ireland321:57,6574,597
Wales241:128,9399,528
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5541:43,9995,482
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2271:221,22818,802

Cawthorn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cawthorne,' a village four miles from Barnsley, Yorkshire Corthorn is a manifest variant and is found in the district.

Gamel de Cauthorn, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Cauthorn, Yorkshire, ibid.

Johannes de Cauthorn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johanna de Cauthorn, 1379: ibid.

James Cawthorn (1710-61), poet, was son of Thomas Cawthorn, upholsterer, at Sheffield, Nov. 4, 1719': Dictionary of National Biography.

Thus for 400 years the ancestry of the last-named had clung to the district of his birth.

1788. Married — Matthew Oliver and Ann Cawthorn: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

This surname is derived from a nickname. ; v. Curtis.

Baptised — Susanna Corteys, d. William Corteys: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

(English) apparently gutturalized forms of Hawthorn(e, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

This is an English surname, referring to the village of Cawthorne in Yorkshire. It is derived from the old English words cald, meaning 'exposed', 'cold', and thorne, meaning 'thorn bush'.

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Cawthorn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cawthorn is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cawthorn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 198,017th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,448,910 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Cawthorn are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 813 people, or 1 in 445,829. In The United States Cawthorn is most prevalent in: Tennessee, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and North Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States Cawthorn is found in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Cawthorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cawthorn has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 358 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 118 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cawthorn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cawthorn surname are 8.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.49% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cawthorn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.33% more than the national average, earning R 361,992 per year; in United States they earn 7.68% less than the national average, earning $39,835 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.51% more than the national average, earning $50,433 CAD per year.

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Cawthorn Reference & Research

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