Howfield Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Howfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Howfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:1,741,18971,393
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Wales261:119,0209,008
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
Wales131:120,6475,000

Howfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Howfield is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Howfield? popularity and diffusion

Howfield is the 1,955,159th most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Howfield occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Howfield are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Howfield is most frequent in England, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,741,189. In England Howfield is most frequent in: Lancashire, where 44 percent are found, Staffordshire, where 25 percent are found and Hampshire, where 9 percent are found. Barring England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Wales, where 29 percent are found.

Howfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Howfield has changed through the years. In Wales it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Howfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Howfield earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.69% less than the national average, earning $41,990 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Howfield
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