Honywill Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Honywill Surname Definition:

Probably local, from the termination WELL. It might "be given to a well from the sweetness of its waters." Ferguson.

Honywill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:1,741,18971,393
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Honywill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Probably local, from the termination WELL. It might "be given to a well from the sweetness of its waters." Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Honeywell; a location name in Devon.

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

Honywill Last Name Facts

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

Honywill is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Honywill? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Honywill are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Honywill is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 1,741,189. In England Honywill is primarily concentrated in: Devon, where 44 percent are found, Somerset, where 38 percent are found and Wiltshire, where 9 percent are found. Not including England this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Scotland, where 5 percent are found.

Honywill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Honywill has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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