Drawwater Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Drawwater Surname Definition:

DRAWWATER: A drawer of water; or perhaps local. Drawater. H.R.

Drawwater Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:633,16037,224
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Drawwater Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

DRAWWATER: A drawer of water; or perhaps local. Drawater. H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

DRAWWATER: Bowditch says Thomas Drawwater, of New Haven, was fined in 1688 for drinking. The name in H.R. is found written Drawater, and is most probably derived from some local name.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Drawwater Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drawwater occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Drawwater.

How Common Is The Last Name Drawwater? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Drawwater occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Drawwater reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 633,160. In England Drawwater is most frequent in: Cambridgeshire, where 40 percent live, Greater London, where 26 percent live and Hampshire, where 11 percent live. Not including England it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and Wales, where 1 percent live.

Drawwater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Drawwater has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 8,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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