Edewards Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Edewards Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Edewards Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
England11:55,718,059489,080

Edewards Last Name Facts

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

The surname Edewards is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Edewards? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Edewards is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Edewards reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States Edewards is primarily found in: California, where 38 percent live, Arizona, where 19 percent live and Oregon, where 12 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live.

Edewards Last Name Statistics demography

Edewards earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.39% less than the national average, earning $31,762 USD per year.

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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 Edewards
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