Kingswell Surname

518,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Malta

Kingswell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the king's well,' from residence thereby. The surname evidently hails from Hampshire, whence also Kingsmill comes. Indeed the two names are confounded in one instance.

1581.

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Kingswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3911:142,50113,810
Canada731:504,73442,927
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Australia381:710,41347,396
Malta361:11,952723
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Wales181:171,91811,581
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Macau11:601,6301,582
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4161:58,5956,887
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kingswell (322) may also be a first name.

Kingswell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the king's well,' from residence thereby. The surname evidently hails from Hampshire, whence also Kingsmill comes. Indeed the two names are confounded in one instance.

1581. Ferdinando Kingswell, Hants: Register of the University of Oxford.

A footnote to this entry records that in Matriculation he was returned as Ferdinando Kingsmell (v. Kingsmill).

1597. Buried — Harrye Kyngewell: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1602. Edward Kingswelle, Hants: Register of the University of Oxford.

1604. Richard Kingeswell, or Kinswell, Hants: ibid.

1607. Richard Kingswell, Hants: ibid.

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

(English) Dweller at the King’s Well [Old English wiell(a, a spring]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Kingswell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kingswell is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kingswell? popularity and diffusion

Kingswell is the 518,137th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. The surname Kingswell is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Kingswell live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in British Isles. Kingswell is also the 488,964th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 322 people.

The last name is most common in England, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 142,501. In England Kingswell is mostly concentrated in: Hampshire, where 25 percent reside, Isle of Wight, where 13 percent reside and West Sussex, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Kingswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kingswell has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kingswell last name contracted 6 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 683 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kingswell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Kingswell earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 5.96% more than the national average, earning R 251,796 per year; in United States they earn 12.6% less than the national average, earning $37,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.86% more than the national average, earning $55,573 CAD per year.

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