Chadwick Surname

11,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa

Chadwick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chadwick,' a hamlet in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname is to be met with in every town in Lancashire. It must have crossed the Atlantic at an early period, as it is strongly represented in the States directories.

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Chadwick 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
United States22,7041:15,9652,033
England17,4521:3,193424
Australia3,8241:7,0601,040
Canada2,1541:17,1062,458
New Zealand7341:6,1691,037
Wales5511:5,616625
South Africa4521:119,86214,242
Ireland4141:11,3741,433
Scotland2451:21,8522,499
Samoa2031:955301
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Chile1621:108,7444,033
France1461:454,95065,144
Northern Ireland1351:13,6671,932
Nigeria1091:1,625,16360,488
Spain831:563,27826,988
Thailand781:905,620141,791
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Isle of Man341:2,524513
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
Jersey251:3,968780
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Guernsey221:2,929767
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Panama141:279,4476,847
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Bermuda121:5,440820
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Norway101:514,22941,629
Austria101:851,54467,454
Belize91:39,4972,328
India81:95,883,173728,828
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
China51:273,464,31313,838
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Malta41:107,5681,849
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Montserrat21:2,474299
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1401:31,6423,133
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England12,9861:1,877249
Wales991:15,843942
Scotland381:98,5064,956
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7971:10,4691,370

Chadwick (9,505) may also be a first name.

Chadwick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chadwick,' a hamlet in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname is to be met with in every town in Lancashire. It must have crossed the Atlantic at an early period, as it is strongly represented in the States directories. There is a hamlet named Chadwick in the parish of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire; but I do not think it has made any considerable impression on nomenclature. Lancashire is the true home of the surname. Chadwick no doubt means the wick or dwelling of Chad, the original settler (v. Wick).

Nicholas de Chadwyke, temp. Edward III: Baines' Lancashire.

Elena Chadwyk, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John Holt, of Chadwick, husbandman, 1641: Wills at Chester.

Ann Chadwick, of Chadwick, spinster, Lancashire, 1636: ibid. (1631-50).

John Chadwick, of Chadwick, gentleman, 1630: ibid.

1669. Baptised — Margarett, d. Edward Chadweeke: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) belonging to Chadwick, 13th cent. (‘Lanc. Assize-Rolls') Chadewik, Chadwych = Chad’s Place [v. Chad, and + Old English wíc] It is the Lancashire Chadwick, rather than the Worcestershire hamlet, that has had the great surnominal influence.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Lancashire.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) One who came from Chadwick (Ceadda’s farm), the name of places in Lancashire and Warwickshire.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Chadwyke, a hamlet in the parish of Rochdale, the property of the family in the XIV. cent.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. The cottage by the harbor, or sheltered place; from the Saxon Cyte and wick; Cyte signifies a cottage, and wick, a harbor, a sheltered place. It may be so called from the shad fisheries.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Lancashire.

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

The Chadwicks of Chadwick in Rochdale parish are a very old and distinguished family dating back from the present to the 14th century; the hamlet of Chadwick has been in their possession since the family was founded: Healey Hall has been for many centuries a seat of the family (B. and L.). The name is common in the Rochdale parish registers of the 16th century (F.), and still occurs in the town. There are also Chadwicks of Staffordshire and Derbyshire; and there are places of the name in Worcestershire and Warwickshire.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

The Chadwicks belong to one of the most ancient and eminent of Staffordshire families, known as the Chadwicks of Ridware in this county, and of Callow in Derbyshire, in which county they are still represented; they carry their pedigree back for more than three centuries (Glover's "Derbyshire"). There are hamlets of the name in Lancashire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire. In Lancashire the Chadwicks have another, and probably an independent, home.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Chadwick Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 140 (1901)

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Chadwick Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chadwick has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chadwick? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chadwick is the 11,182nd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 145,084 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Chadwick live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 63,400th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 9,505 people.

The surname Chadwick is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 22,704 people, or 1 in 15,965. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 86 countries. It is also common in England, where 35 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Chadwick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Chadwick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chadwick surname increased 473 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 557 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 296 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 645 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Chadwick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Chadwick surname are 15.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.54% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Chadwick earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.2% less than the national average, earning 293,488 kr per year; in Peru they earn 334.73% more than the national average, earning S/. 84,272 per year; in South Africa they earn 58.5% more than the national average, earning R 376,668 per year; in United States they earn 0.72% more than the national average, earning $43,460 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.56% more than the national average, earning $53,441 CAD per year.

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Chadwick Reference & Research

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