Oxwell Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Oxwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oxwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia901:299,95226,269
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Oxwell (18) may also be a first name.

Oxwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oxwell is carried by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oxwell.

How Common Is The Last Name Oxwell? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,882,912th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Oxwell live; 93 percent live in Australasia and 93 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.

The surname is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 299,952. In Australia Oxwell is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 53 percent live, Western Australia, where 41 percent live and Australian Capital Territory, where 6 percent live. Aside from Australia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoxwell921/
Oxwel911/
Oswell831,681/
Axwell8316/
Exwell831/
Oxwl801/
Hoswell77229/
Haxwell774/
Okcwell772/
Auxwell771/
Ochwell771/
Oswelld770/
Oshwell770/
Oswel7310/
Gogswell717/
Houswell710/
Gosswell710/
Aswell67401/
Oswill6748/
Oxbøll6746/
Hausxwell6715/
Osbell673/
Oxböll671/
Hauxswell671/
Hootswell670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Oxwell
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