Cawyer Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cawyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cawyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2591:1,399,45596,631
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Cawyer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cawyer occurs most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cawyer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cawyer is the 966,131st most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. The surname Cawyer is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Cawyer live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Cawyer is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 259 people, or 1 in 1,399,455. In The United States Cawyer is primarily found in: Missouri, where 15 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Louisiana, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.

Cawyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cawyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cawyer surname expanded 1,126 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cawyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cawyer last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Cawyer earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.98% less than the national average, earning $42,728 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zawyer836/
Cawger832/
Chawier772/
Chowyer771/
D'Sawyer711/
Cavier67331/
Cabier67131/
Zawier677/
Kawier673/
Kawger670/
Zowyer670/
Cowier670/

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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 Cawyer
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