Dudwell Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Dudwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dudwell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:2,785,90397,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Dudwell Last Name Facts

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

Dudwell occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dudwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dudwell are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England it is most numerous in: West Midlands, where 95 percent reside and Staffordshire, where 5 percent reside.

Dudwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dudwell has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Dudwell last name expanded 286 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doudwell930/
Dodwell861,892/
Didwell86132/
Doutwell802/
Tdidwell801/
Doddwell800/
Diddwell800/
Duduel771/
Dodwll770/
Ditwell715/
Dodwill710/
Dotwell710/
Dothwell672/
Doudouel671/
Dittwell670/
Doddwill670/
Dutuel6247/
Duthuel576/
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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 Dudwell
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