Sidebotham Surname

318,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Sidebotham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the Side-bottom,' probably the side of the hollow, or bottom, as was the term in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire, where most of the Ramsbottoms, Higginbothams, Sc., spring from; v.

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Sidebotham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5931:93,96010,052
United States3971:912,99568,645
Australia1081:249,96023,064
Wales271:114,6128,773
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Scotland101:535,38220,332
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Malta11:430,2723,380
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6071:40,1575,104
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Sidebotham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the Side-bottom,' probably the side of the hollow, or bottom, as was the term in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire, where most of the Ramsbottoms, Higginbothams, Sc., spring from; v. Botham. Like Higginbotham, Sidebotham springs from the immediate neighbourhood of Stockport.

Thomas de Sidebotham, 2 Henry IV, 1400: Earwaker's East Cheshire.

Robert Sidbothom, 1445 (knights, gentlemen, and freeholders in Macclesfield Hundred): ibid.

1576. Married — William Sydebotham and Margaret Andrewe: Reg. Prestbury.

1581. Thomas Sidebotham, of Romiley Wills at Chester.

Elizabeth Sydebothome, 1675, Stockport: Exchequer Depositions (Lancashire).

John Sydbotham, 1680, Manchester: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Sidebottom; or Dweller at the Broad Valley [Old English síd, broad + botm, a bottom,valley] The name occurs in 15th-cent. Cheshire records as Sidbothom, Sidebotham.

Cp. Longbottom.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in, or near, the wide valley.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A compound of Bottom, which see, in the Supplement.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Sidebotham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sidebotham is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sidebotham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 318,279th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,196,893 people. The last name Sidebotham is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Sidebotham are found; 54 percent are found in Northern Europe and 54 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Sidebotham is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 593 people, or 1 in 93,960. In England Sidebotham is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 21 percent live, West Midlands, where 14 percent live and Cheshire, where 8 percent live. Aside from England this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Sidebotham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sidebotham has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sidebotham surname decreased 2 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 630 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sidebotham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sidebotham surname are 22.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.82% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sidebotham earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 20.25% more than the national average, earning $51,888 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.19% less than the national average, earning $47,103 CAD per year.

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