Middleweek Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Middleweek Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Middle Place [Old English middel + wíc]

Middleweek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1341:415,80628,295
Australia921:293,43225,879
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:300,93020,318

Middleweek Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Middle Place [Old English middel + wíc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Middlewich; a location name in Cheshire.

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

Middleweek Last Name Facts

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

Middleweek is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Middleweek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,048,281st most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Middleweek reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 415,806. In England it is most frequent in: Devon, where 13 percent reside, Essex, where 13 percent reside and Buckinghamshire, where 13 percent reside. Aside from England it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 38 percent reside and New Zealand, where 4 percent reside.

Middleweek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Middleweek has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 165 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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