Hardwick Surname

21,690th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,094 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Hardwick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hardwick.' (1) A very small hamlet in the parish of Astoncum-Aughton, Yorkshire; (a) East Hardwick, a township and village in the old parish of Pontefract, Yorkshire; (3) West Hardwick, a hamlet in the parish of Wragby, Yorkshire Also other spots in Derbyshire, Shropshire &c.

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Hardwick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,5841:26,6833,347
England7,4091:7,5201,096
Australia1,8021:14,9812,127
Canada6461:57,0376,737
Wales4771:6,487720
South Africa2241:241,86524,757
New Zealand2231:20,3063,569
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Scotland1161:46,1544,115
Thailand821:861,443136,584
France481:1,383,807136,859
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Northern Ireland341:54,2664,423
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Tonga91:11,924307
Finland71:785,24338,644
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Macau21:300,8151,009
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Barbados11:287,4482,772
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Montserrat11:4,947471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Belize11:355,4743,977
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,4381:5,492839
Wales1391:11,284678
Jersey61:8,6471,503
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3281:21,5722,720

Hardwick (1,131) may also be a first name.

Hardwick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hardwick.' (1) A very small hamlet in the parish of Astoncum-Aughton, Yorkshire; (a) East Hardwick, a township and village in the old parish of Pontefract, Yorkshire; (3) West Hardwick, a hamlet in the parish of Wragby, Yorkshire Also other spots in Derbyshire, Shropshire &c.

Robert de Herdewyk, Camb. and Hunts, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Henry de Herdewyk, Camb. and Hunts, ibid.

Ermina de Herdwych, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alicia de Hardwyk, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Agnes de Herdewik, 1379: ibid.

Robertus de Hardewyk, 1379: ibid.

1609. James Williams and Anne Hardwicke: Marriage Lic. (London).

1621. Humphreye Hardwicke, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Hardwick = the Herd (Marsh-) Pasture or Place [Old English heord, a herd (heorde, a shepherd), + wíc, pasture, marsh, place] Hardwick, Northants, and Hardwick, Warw., occur as Heordewíc in Anglo- Sax. charters.

Heorogár [Old English heoro-, heoru-, fierce, bloody], found in Beówulf (121 &c.), has been confused with Heregár Hardly for Harcourt.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Hardwick (sheep pasture), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes, &c., in cos. Cambridge, Gloucester, Norfolk, Oxon, Suffolk, Worcester, York, Derby, Warwick, Bucks, Northampton, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Hardwicks are established in various parts of England, and in most cases they have taken the name of a place in the county.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Hardwick Last Name Facts

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

Hardwick occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hardwick? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hardwick is the 21,690th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 290,410 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Hardwick live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 236,787th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 1,131 people.

Hardwick is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 13,584 people, or 1 in 26,683. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and South Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Hardwick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hardwick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hardwick last name rose 584 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 343 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 11,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hardwick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Hardwick surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hardwick surname are 16.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.6% registered with the political party.

The amount Hardwick earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.69% more than the national average, earning R 248,772 per year; in United States they earn 5.69% less than the national average, earning $40,695 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.02% more than the national average, earning $50,685 CAD per year.

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