Hedderwick Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Hedderwick Surname Definition:

(Northern English and Scot.) belonging to Hedderwick = the Heather-Place [v. Hedder, and Old English wíc]

Hedderwick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England861:647,88437,755
South Africa831:652,74348,091
Australia311:870,82953,581
Scotland241:223,07611,507
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
France121:5,535,227269,324
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland641:58,4883,746
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Hedderwick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Northern English and Scot.) belonging to Hedderwick = the Heather-Place [v. Hedder, and Old English wíc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Hedrick; a location name in Durham (?).

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

Hedderwick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hedderwick has its highest incidence in England. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hedderwick? popularity and diffusion

It is the 983,245th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname Hedderwick occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Hedderwick are found; 42 percent are found in Northern Europe and 42 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 647,884. In England Hedderwick is mostly concentrated in: Leicestershire, where 13 percent reside, Greater London, where 12 percent reside and Somerset, where 12 percent reside. Apart from England Hedderwick exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.

Hedderwick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hedderwick has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Hedderwick surname increased 478 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hedderwick Last Name Statistics demography

Hedderwick earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.42% more than the national average, earning R 435,864 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hederwick950/
Heiderwick900/
Hedderwiek900/
Hadderwick900/
Ejdervik6720/
Eiderbäck6317/
Ejderbäck631/
Odervik591/
Hyderbek5695/
Jädervik567/
Hajdarvic531/

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