Strangeway Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Strangeway Surname Definition:

STRANGWYGH: Verstegan mentions this name as "coming belike of a strong wyc, hold, or fortress." Restitution, p. 329. It is doubtless the same as Strangwish or Strangways.

Strangeway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3951:141,05813,696
United States1181:3,071,686178,560
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1241:196,57615,750
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Strangeway Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

STRANGWYGH: Verstegan mentions this name as "coming belike of a strong wyc, hold, or fortress." Restitution, p. 329. It is doubtless the same as Strangwish or Strangways.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Strangeway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Strangeway is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Strangeway? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 571,325th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. The surname Strangeway occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Strangeway live; 73 percent live in Northern Europe and 73 percent live in British Isles.

Strangeway is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 395 people, or 1 in 141,058. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 25 percent reside, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 18 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 18 percent reside. Apart from England it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Strangeway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Strangeway has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Strangeway last name increased 319 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 274 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Strangeway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Strangeway last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Strangeway earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 9.16% less than the national average, earning R 215,880 per year; in United States they earn 36.11% more than the national average, earning $58,732 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.68% less than the national average, earning $39,411 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Strageway952/
Strangewayes915/
Straneva7843/
Stranneby749/
Stratneva745/
Stragewich702/
Strandjeva701/
Strandzheva67109/
Stragewisch672/
Stranyova637/
Stragevich6041/

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