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 last name Oxwell is more commonly found in Australia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential 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 world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Oxwell occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Oxwell are found; 93 percent are found in Australasia and 93 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 18 people.

It is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 299,952. In Australia Oxwell is most common in: New South Wales, where 53 percent live, Western Australia, where 41 percent live and Australian Capital Territory, where 6 percent live. Apart from Australia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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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