Hawthorne Surname

17,638th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,390 people bear this surname

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

Hawthorne Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hawthorn,' from residence by some prominent haw thorn tree. Perhaps Horethorn has a share in the parentage.

Galfridus Hackthom, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John atte Horethorne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Hawthorne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21,9911:16,4822,088
England3,0921:18,0202,580
Australia1,4841:18,1912,539
Canada1,4561:25,3063,404
Northern Ireland1,1511:1,603343
Jamaica5591:5,134670
New Zealand4881:9,2791,609
Scotland4201:12,7471,691
South Africa2261:239,72424,596
Brazil1141:1,877,84560,321
Wales1111:27,8792,864
Ireland821:57,4263,925
Philippines601:1,687,304110,517
Panama231:170,0985,250
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Guam81:20,0153,029
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
France61:11,070,454349,096
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
China31:455,773,85521,925
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belize11:355,4743,977
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5951:7,4451,142
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6391:38,1464,909
Scotland581:64,5383,942
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1151:45,0395,209

Hawthorne (243) may also be a first name.

Hawthorne Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hawthorn,' from residence by some prominent haw thorn tree. Perhaps Horethorn has a share in the parentage.

Galfridus Hackthom, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John atte Horethorne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Sabina atte-horethorn. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

Adrian Hauthorne, 1551: Register of the University of Oxford.

Gilbert Hawthorn, Somerset, 1589-9: ibid.

1597. Married — Walter Hawthorne and Alice Dyer: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1626. John Hawthorne, Berkshire, and Mary Albanie: Marriage Lic (London).

1793. Married — John Hawthorn and Mary King: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

An old Galloway surname. The name is local from Hawthorn in the parish of Easington, county Durham. A family of the name were proprietors of Meikle or Over Aires in the parish of Kirkinner. In 1455 the Chamberlain accounts "for 15 bolls farinae avenaticae" (oatmeal) of the escheat of Daude Halthorn (ER., VI p. 195,205). Two Hauthornes were summoned to compear before the Lords of Council in Jan. 1484 (ADC., p. 97). The family became kyndlie tenants on the lands of Airies under the Church, and 'Sir' Mychaell Hathorne was reader in Toskertoun in the first list of Reformed clergy (Agnew, I, p. 425; Laing, 408). Margaret Hathorn appears in Carstairs, 1602 (Lanark CR.), Anna Hauthorne was heir of James Hauthorne, burgess of Stranraer, 1628 (Inquis., 1432), and Esther Halthorn in Pathhouse of Colleumis in record, 1728 (Kirkcudbright). Halthoirne 1591, Halthorne 1556, Haulthorne 1587, Hauthorn 1676 Hawthorne 1628.

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

(English) Dweller by a Haw-thorn - Tree [Old English hagu þorn]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Hawthorn (hawthorn tree), a village in Durham; dwells near a hawthorn tree.

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

Hawthorn, a township in the parish of Easington, co. Durham, memorable for the fifty shipwrecks which happened there on Nov. 5,1824. The New England family of this name left this country in or before 1634, and until recently wrote themselves Hathorne.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Hawthorne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hawthorne is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hawthorne? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 17,638th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 232,161 people. Hawthorne is primarily found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Hawthorne are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Hawthorne is also the 573,164th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 243 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 21,991 people, or 1 in 16,482. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 14 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

Hawthorne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hawthorne has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hawthorne last name increased 1,972 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 484 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 724 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hawthorne Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Hawthorne surname is chiefly Presbyterian (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hawthorne surname are 11.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.85% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Hawthorne earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 101.31% more than the national average, earning R 478,392 per year; in United States they earn 6.22% less than the national average, earning $40,463 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.2% less than the national average, earning $49,582 CAD per year.

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