Maxwells Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
England

Maxwells Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maxwells Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Maxwells (12) may also be a first name.

Maxwells Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maxwells is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maxwells? popularity and diffusion

Maxwells is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Maxwells are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 12 people.

Maxwells is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 50 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Ondo, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and England, where 18 percent are found.

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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 Maxwells
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