Haswell Surname

83,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,796 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Malawi

Haswell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Haswell,' a parish in County Durham. Possibly some other locality bears the same name.

Stephen de Hassewell, Oxfordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Haswell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6011:34,8024,598
Malawi1,5951:10,7331,650
United States1,4301:253,46824,055
Australia3011:89,68710,310
Canada2291:160,89816,247
Scotland2111:25,3742,767
South Africa1541:351,80332,234
New Zealand1491:30,3915,294
Wales261:119,0209,008
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Iran51:15,356,505213,424
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
France11:66,422,722504,397
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8901:27,3883,733
Scotland781:47,9903,371
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4521:111,10311,052

Haswell (4,338) may also be a first name.

Haswell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Haswell,' a parish in County Durham. Possibly some other locality bears the same name.

Stephen de Hassewell, Oxfordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Helia de Haswelle, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1795. Married — William Masterman and Margaret Hasswell: St. George, Hanover Square.

1804. — John Hastwell and Dinah Goodes: ibid.

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

From Haswell in Durham. Adam de Lambertun granted to Galfridus de Hesswel, his grandson, a third part of his lands of Lambertun, c. 1190—1200 (Home, 223; BNCH., XVI, p. 332). William de Hessewelle of Roxburghshire rendered homage in 1296. His seal bears a lion rampant on a rose and S' Willelmi de Heswel (Bain, II, p. 198,548). Peter de Hessewel, juror on inquest at Dumfries, 1304 (Bain, II, p. 412). John de Hessewell, dominus de Eddellysheued, who witnessed a charter by Roger de Auldton c. 1354 (Kelso, p. 387) may be the John of Hessewelle who was one of an inquest at Roxburgh, 1357 (Bain, IV, 1). Thomas Haswele, servitor to the earl of Douglas, 1408 (ibid., IV, 765). Robert of Haswell granted certain lands in the sheriffdom of Peebles in 1436 to his son Patrick Haswele and to his brother William Haswel (OPS., I, p. 521). In 1438 there is record of sasine of the lands of Murefelde to John Haswel, and in 1519 of the same to David Hasthwell (Laing, 116,316). James Haswell or Hasmall, abbot of Newbattle before the Reformation, witnessed the destruction of his monastery by the troops of the earl of Hertford (Neubotle, preface, p. xxvii). The surname still exists in Newbattle. Haswellsykes in Manor parish, is from a former owner or this name. Hasswell 1753 Haswell 1662.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Haswell, Haselwell or Haselwall, Heswall = 1 the Spring by the Hazels [Old English hæsel, a hazel + wi(e)lle, a spring] 2 the Field of the Hazels [Old Norse hasl + uöll-r, a field] Heswall, Chesh., was formerly Haselwall.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A township in Durham.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Dutch or German) Hasveldt, from Hase, a river in Westphalia, and veldt, a field, corrupted into well; or from Wald, German, a wood or forest,—the forest on the Hase. The name may also signify the misty place, or the Wild or field of hares, from Haas, Dutch, a hare.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Durham.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Haswell Demographics

Haswell Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 3 (1901)

Religious Adherence
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Haswell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Haswell occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Haswell click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Haswell? popularity and diffusion

Haswell is the 83,515th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,257,341 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 32 percent of Haswell are found; 32 percent are found in Northern Europe and 32 percent are found in British Isles. Haswell is also the 104,916th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 4,338 people.

Haswell is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 1,601 people, or 1 in 34,802. In England it is most numerous in: Tyne and Wear, where 26 percent reside, Durham, where 13 percent reside and Greater London, where 9 percent reside. Other than England this surname occurs in 43 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Haswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Haswell has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 316 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 271 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Haswell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Haswell last name is principally Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Haswell surname are 9.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.49% registered with the party.

The amount Haswell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.62% more than the national average, earning R 474,372 per year; in United States they earn 3.21% less than the national average, earning $41,763 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning $50,597 CAD per year.

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Easwell860/
Hasuell860/
Aswel8311/
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Hazwelll804/
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Asbell772,590/
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Asweld772/
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Ashbell718/
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Auxwell711/
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Asbel67264/
Aswil6786/
Hatshuel6719/
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Ashwl671/
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