Puddefoot Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Puddefoot Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. -The surname is first found in Buckinghamshire It is well known there to-day.

Walter Podefat, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1755. Married — John Puddephatt, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and Mary Bedford: St.

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Puddefoot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2101:265,32421,048
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Wales131:238,04114,239
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Botswana41:546,73222,624
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1311:186,07215,187
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Puddefoot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. -The surname is first found in Buckinghamshire It is well known there to-day.

Walter Podefat, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1755. Married — John Puddephatt, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and Mary Bedford: St. George, Hanover Square.

1785. — John Breech and Mary Puddephatt: ibid.

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

] (Teutonic) apparently a nickname for a Club-footed Person [ cp. Low German puddig, thick, stumpy; and + English foot, Old English fót]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The origin of the name of Puddephatt is also referred to under "Hertfordshire." Chesham, in Bucks, is the great home of the Puddephatts in our own time. Walter Podefat lived at "Tomb'ge," Bucks, in the 13th century (H. R.). The name is probably a corruption of.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Puddephatt is an ancient Herts and Bucks name, that at present is most numerous across the Bucks border in the neighbourhood of Chesham. It was a frequent name in Abbots Langley and in Sarratt, both in Hertfordshire, during the 16th and 17th centuries (Cus.), and it still occurs in Sarratt. In Puddifoot, also a Herts name, it possesses a modern corruption, whilst it is itself probably an altered form of Pedefer (as suggested by Cussans), an Ippolitts name in the reign of Edward III. (Cus.). The similar name of Pettipher is still found in Oxfordshire, and further reference to this subject will there be found.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Puddefoot Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puddefoot occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puddefoot? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 914,967th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Puddefoot reside; 79 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 265,324. In England Puddefoot is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 37 percent reside, Buckinghamshire, where 14 percent reside and Kent, where 8 percent reside. Apart from England this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Puddefoot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Puddefoot has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Puddefoot last name increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 340 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Puddefoot Last Name Statistics demography

Puddefoot earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pudefoot940/
Puddifoot89284/
Puddefoop891/
Pudifoot825/
Puddephat6718/
Puddephatt63600/
Puddephutt631/
Puddephate630/
Puddepha5938/
Pudephat590/
Puddiphatt5327/
Puddaphatt531/
Pudafad501/

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