Gawthorn Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gawthorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gawthorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Gawthorn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gawthorn has its highest incidence in England. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gawthorn? popularity and diffusion

Gawthorn is the 2,047,559th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Gawthorn reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England Gawthorn is most common in: Wiltshire, where 36 percent reside, Essex, where 20 percent reside and Hertfordshire, where 14 percent reside. Other than England this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 26 percent reside and Canada, where 14 percent reside.

Gawthorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gawthorn has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Gawthorn surname expanded 278 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gawthorn Last Name Statistics demography

Gawthorn earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.42% less than the national average, earning $41,526 CAD 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
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  • 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 Gawthorn
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