Oswin Surname

253,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Oswin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Oswin' (v. Yonge, ii.' 85).

Oswin Oele, Yorkshire: Fabric Rolls of York Minster: Wills and Inventories (Surtees Society).

Oswin Sharparrow, Yorkshire Durham Household Book (Surtees Society).

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Oswin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6841:81,4599,028
Australia2491:108,41612,099
Tanzania1451:365,11526,840
South Africa931:582,55644,854
United States821:4,420,231233,612
Canada801:460,57039,784
New Zealand681:66,59310,133
Malaysia451:655,42731,286
Papua New Guinea331:247,08233,879
India261:29,502,515369,827
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3181:76,6528,346
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Oswin (5,736) may also be a first name.

Oswin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Oswin' (v. Yonge, ii.' 85).

Oswin Oele, Yorkshire: Fabric Rolls of York Minster: Wills and Inventories (Surtees Society).

Oswin Sharparrow, Yorkshire Durham Household Book (Surtees Society).

1671. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. Robert Oswin: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1691. — James, s. James Oswine: ibid.

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

(English and Scandinavian) God-Friend [Old English ós = Old Norse áss, a god + Old English wine = Old Norseuin-r, friend] Oswine was a 7th-cent. king of Deira; and the name occurs in ‘Widsið’ (l. 53) as the ruler of the Eowas—Oswine weold Eowum.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Oswin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oswin (Marathi: ऑसवीन) is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oswin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oswin is the 253,301st most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,668,511 people. The last name Oswin occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Oswin reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 44 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 88,190th most frequently occurring given name globally It is held by 5,736 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 684 people, or 1 in 81,459. In England Oswin is primarily found in: Leicestershire, where 17 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 16 percent live and Lincolnshire, where 10 percent live. Not including England this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 9 percent live.

Oswin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Oswin has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Oswin last name rose 215 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 586 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Oswin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Oswin surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Oswin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.35% more than the national average, earning R 369,168 per year; in United States they earn 23.4% more than the national average, earning $53,246 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.98% less than the national average, earning $47,207 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oswain9116/
Hoswin916/
Oswine911/
Oswoin910/
Goswina831/
Gosswin831/
O'Swain831/
Otswind831/
Aswin802,644/
Osbin8034/
Eswin8031/
Oswen8010/
Oswim809/
Oswyn808/
Osuin805/
Hoswn804/
Oxwin801/
Gosswinn771/
Hosswain771/
Ashwin731,836/
Aswien73104/
Aswain7347/
Haswin7340/
Gosuin7335/
Aaswin7320/
Ossuin7315/
Hosbin7310/
Aswine736/
Ousbin734/
Asswin732/
Eshwin732/
Esswin732/
Auswin731/
Aswhin731/
Hosswn731/
Eszwin730/
Heswin730/
Goswen730/
Oswent730/
Gossuin67543/
Guswina6714/
Husswin6712/
Haswien677/
Hossuin675/
Ozwn674/
Aswn672/
Aashwin672/
Ashwine671/
Hooswen671/
Housuin671/

Oswin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Oswin in the Marathi language
ऑसवीनosavina40
ओंसवीनonsavina20
ओसिवनosivana20
ओसवीनosavina20

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