Cawthorne Surname

113,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cawthorne 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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Cawthorne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,9941:27,9433,780
United States1,1361:319,06629,111
Australia5761:46,8685,864
Canada1391:265,07624,993
Scotland661:81,1185,959
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Northern Ireland271:68,3354,994
Wales211:147,35910,403
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
France101:6,642,272293,169
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8251:29,5463,985
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:597,84140,179

Cawthorne 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

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

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Yorkshire.

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

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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Cawthorne Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cawthorne occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Cawthorne.

How Common Is The Last Name Cawthorne? popularity and diffusion

Cawthorne is the 113,524th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,788,355 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Cawthorne are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Cawthorne is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 1,994 people, or 1 in 27,943. In England Cawthorne is most prevalent in: South Yorkshire, where 21 percent are found, Greater London, where 7 percent are found and Nottinghamshire, where 7 percent are found. Besides England this last name is found in 28 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Cawthorne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cawthorne has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Cawthorne last name grew 242 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,352 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,320 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cawthorne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cawthorne last name are 16.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.45% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cawthorne earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.5% more than the national average, earning R 433,692 per year; in United States they earn 3.66% more than the national average, earning $44,729 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.72% more than the national average, earning $53,022 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cawthourne952/
Cawthorn942,113/
Cowthorne892/
Caawthorn891/
Cowthorn8231/
Keawtorn711/
Cheavtharn636/
Kavtorin5934/
Kavtoryn593/
Kaftorin591/
Khavtorin5634/
Kavtorina5632/
Kavtoryna568/
Khavtoryn561/
Khavtorina5332/

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Cawthorne Reference & Research

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