Kingwill Surname

459,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Kingwill 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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Kingwill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3401:79,3999,249
South Africa2481:218,45822,930
United States991:3,661,201203,401
England331:1,688,42669,999
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kingwill 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 Royal Well [Old English cyning-, cing-wiell(a]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Kingwill Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kingwill occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kingwill.

How Common Is The Last Name Kingwill? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kingwill is the 459,064th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. Kingwill is mostly found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Kingwill live; 47 percent live in Australasia and 47 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 79,399. In Australia Kingwill is most numerous in: Victoria, where 71 percent are found, New South Wales, where 24 percent are found and Queensland, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Australia Kingwill exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 34 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Kingwill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kingwill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kingwill last name expanded 1,980 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 127 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kingwill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kingwill last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kingwill earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.65% more than the national average, earning R 507,708 per year and in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kingwiell941/
Kingwell88930/
Kingkwell820/
Kingwele75154/
Kinguell751/
Kinguel671/
Kingbel670/
Chingwel63499/
Kengwele631/
Kenguel531/
Kinquel531/

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