Southwell Surname

45,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Southwell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Southwell,' a market-town and parish in Nottinghamshire.

1474. Richard de Southewell, Norfolk;: History of Norfolk.

1592. Baptised — Henry, s. Richard Sowthwell: St.

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Southwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3,8171:7,0721,041
United States3,1461:115,21312,453
England3,0071:18,5292,648
Canada4651:79,2388,877
Antigua and Barbuda2111:47078
Argentina1211:353,25127,617
New Zealand1011:44,8357,402
Wales791:39,1713,833
Scotland511:104,9777,051
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Saint Kitts and Nevis281:1,971329
Guyana271:28,2303,128
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
United States Virgin Islands251:4,415699
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Ireland241:196,2068,013
India241:31,961,058386,265
Denmark161:352,79524,706
France151:4,428,181244,602
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Saint Lucia81:22,3481,601
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Anguilla41:3,359324
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belize11:355,4743,977
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Dominica11:75,891912
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland341:130,2907,484
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8381:13,2622,004
Scotland221:170,1466,794
Wales101:156,8426,008
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5891:85,2618,887

Southwell (29) may also be a first name.

Southwell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Southwell,' a market-town and parish in Nottinghamshire.

1474. Richard de Southewell, Norfolk;: History of Norfolk.

1592. Baptised — Henry, s. Richard Sowthwell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1664. Married — Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Dering: Kensington Ch.

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

(English) belonging to Southwell; or Dweller at the South Spring [Old English súð + w(i)ella] Southwell, Notts, occurs in the dative form ‘at Súðwellan’, in a land-charter A.D. 958 (‘Cart. Sax.’ no. 1029).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The family are of great antiquity in Nottinghamshire, where they were lords of Southwell, till the reign of Henry VI. They afterwards settled in Norfolk and Suffolk, whence the ancestor of the Viscount Southwell removed to Ireland temp. James I. Peerage.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A town in Nottinghamshire, England. The south well or plain.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Descended from Bardulph, a brother of Bodinus (mentioned in Domesday), and of the family of the Earls of Richmond (Gale, Hon. Richrn.). lie had Akaras Fitz- Bardulph, and Hugh Bardulph, of Lincoln 1158, whose son, William B., was Viscount of Norfolk and Suffolk t. Henry II., and had issue: 1. Dodo, ancestor of the Barons Bardolf 1293; 2. Walter, who held in York from the Honour of Pontefract 1165 (Lib. Niger); 3. Ralph B., who was father of Robert, who as Robert ‘de Southill’ had a suit in Norfolk (Rotuli Curiae Regis); 4. Hugh Bardolf, who t. John granted lands at Hoton- Bardolph to Kirkham Abbey, York (Burton, 375), and had issue, John 'de Sothul,’ who was found to die seized of Suthill and West Hoton (Hoton-Bardolph), York, and other estates in that shire (Inq. p. Mort.). Sir John de Sothull c. 1300 bore gules an eagle argent, the arms of Bardolph. These were exchanged at a later date for others, which, however, were also borne by the Lords Bardolph. Sir John was Seneschal of Gascoigne t. Edward I. His descendants continued to possess estates in Norfolk, and from them descended the Viscounts Southwell and Barons de Clifford.

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Dorset, Nottinghamshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Southwell Last Name Facts

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

Southwell (Oriya: ସାଉତେୱଲ) is found most in Australia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Southwell? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 45,764th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 643,151 people. Southwell is primarily found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Southwell reside; 35 percent reside in Australasia and 35 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Southwell is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 29 people.

The last name is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 3,817 people, or 1 in 7,072. In Australia it is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 70 percent reside, Victoria, where 11 percent reside and Queensland, where 8 percent reside. Not including Australia this last name exists in 50 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and England, where 27 percent reside.

Southwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Southwell has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 534 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 790 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 232 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 29 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Southwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Southwell last name is predominantly Catholic (76%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Southwell surname are 19.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.19% being registered with the party.

The amount Southwell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 156.33% more than the national average, earning R 609,144 per year; in United States they earn 8.55% more than the national average, earning $46,837 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.08% more than the national average, earning $53,203 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Southwell Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Southwell in the Oriya language
ସାଉତେୱଲsa'utewala-

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