Dodsworth Surname

108,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Dodsworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dodworth,' a township in the parish of Silkstone, near Barnsley, Yorkshire As a surname the more usual form is Dodsworth, i.e. Dods' farmstead.

Walterus de Dodworth, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Dodsworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7451:20,2982,877
United States5691:637,01051,261
Canada5641:65,3297,584
Australia1761:153,38516,171
Scotland481:111,5387,348
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Portugal281:372,08012,265
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Northern Ireland241:76,8765,365
Guernsey221:2,929767
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
France131:5,109,440259,941
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Wales61:515,75523,171
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2531:19,4542,788
Jersey31:17,2942,528
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2101:239,13719,985

Dodsworth (13) may also be a first name.

Dodsworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dodworth,' a township in the parish of Silkstone, near Barnsley, Yorkshire As a surname the more usual form is Dodsworth, i.e. Dods' farmstead.

Walterus de Dodworth, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Dodword, 1379: ibid.

1772. Married — Robert Dodsworth and Mary Naylor: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Dodsworth or Dodworth = Dod(a)'s Estate or Farm­stead [Old English worð] Both Dolfin and Delfin occur in Domes­day Book.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Dodworth, a township in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dodsworth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dodsworth is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dodsworth? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 108,017th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,689,670 people. Dodsworth is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Dodsworth are found; 66 percent are found in Northern Europe and 66 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 13 people.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 2,745 people, or 1 in 20,298. In England Dodsworth is primarily found in: North Yorkshire, where 14 percent live, Durham, where 11 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Aside from England Dodsworth is found in 26 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.

Dodsworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dodsworth has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 219 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 271 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 4,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dodsworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Methodist (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dodsworth surname are 27.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.05% registered with the political party.

The amount Dodsworth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.73% more than the national average, earning R 431,868 per year; in United States they earn 5.25% more than the national average, earning $45,415 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.93% more than the national average, earning $50,644 CAD per year.

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