Enticknap Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Enticknap Surname Definition:

This unusual surname is very ancient in West Sussex, to which district it seems to be limited. Its origin is not very apparent. It may ho derived from Entick, a supposed personal name (now a surname), and the Anglo-Saxon oncep, an eminence-the name of some locality now undiscoverable.

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Enticknap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4431:125,77412,588
Canada481:767,61660,775
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Wales271:114,6128,773
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
France31:22,140,907385,998
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:163,59314,057

Enticknap Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This unusual surname is very ancient in West Sussex, to which district it seems to be limited. Its origin is not very apparent. It may ho derived from Entick, a supposed personal name (now a surname), and the Anglo-Saxon oncep, an eminence-the name of some locality now undiscoverable.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Weekley gives this up as hopeless; but as “antic” in our rustic speech means both a buffoon and a goblin, it may simply describe a”fairy-knoll” or Pook's Hill. It is sometimes spelled Entinknap, and there was a family called Enting and Anting

Surnames (1917) by Walter Parry Haskett-Smith

Enticknap Last Name Facts

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

The surname Enticknap is most common in England. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Enticknap click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Enticknap? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 523,160th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Enticknap live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 443 people, or 1 in 125,774. In England it is mostly found in: Surrey, where 20 percent reside, Hampshire, where 14 percent reside and East Sussex, where 9 percent reside. Besides England it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Enticknap Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Enticknap has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Enticknap last name rose 297 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Enticknap Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Enticknap last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% being registered with the political party.

The amount Enticknap earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 374.86% more than the national average, earning R 1,128,440 per year; in United States they earn 40.77% more than the national average, earning $60,739 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.45% less than the national average, earning $48,466 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Enticknapp9541/
Enticnap940/
Entiknap940/
Anticknap8922/
Enticknad891/
Enticcnap891/
Entecknap890/
Enticknays840/
Antik Nayap7013/
Intiknou591/

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