Sudlow Surname

258,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,524 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Sudlow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sudlow,' evidently some small spot in the parish of Over Tabley, Cheshire, or the neighbouring parish of Rostherne.

Thomas Stubbs, of Sudloe, parish of Rawsthorne, 1638: Wills at Chester.

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Sudlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6211:89,7239,689
United States6171:587,45447,985
Jamaica631:45,5552,772
Australia541:499,92037,885
Canada461:800,99162,809
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Wales211:147,35910,403
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2291:106,44310,576
Wales221:71,2923,399
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

Sudlow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sudlow,' evidently some small spot in the parish of Over Tabley, Cheshire, or the neighbouring parish of Rostherne.

Thomas Stubbs, of Sudloe, parish of Rawsthorne, 1638: Wills at Chester.

William Sudlow, of Witton, 1593: ibid.

Richard Newall, of Sudlow, in Over Tabley, carpenter, 1663: ibid.

William Sudlow, of Great Budworth, husbandman, 1638: ibid.

1763. Married — Robert Sudlow and Catherine Worsdall: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Sudlow; or Dweller at the South Hill or Tumulus [Old English súð + hlœw] Sudlow, Chesh., occurs as Sudlow and Sudloe in the 17th cent.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the German, Suderla; a personal name.

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

Sudlow Last Name Facts

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

Sudlow is found most frequently in England. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sudlow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 258,244th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,781,854 people. The surname Sudlow is mostly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Sudlow are found; 44 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 89,723. In England it is most common in: Merseyside, where 15 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 14 percent live and Shropshire, where 10 percent live. Besides England this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and Jamaica, where 4 percent live.

Sudlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sudlow has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sudlow surname grew 271 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 894 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 5 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sudlow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sudlow surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sudlow last name are 10.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.02% being registered with the party.

The amount Sudlow earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 11.91% less than the national average, earning R 209,328 per year; in United States they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $46,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.09% more than the national average, earning $58,669 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shudlow9211/
Suidlow923/
Sudlowe920/
Cudlow832/
Sudlov831/
Shidlow7713/
Sudlova771/
Schidlow7135/
Suedloff710/
Zudlov6711/
Cudlov671/
Shidlov6261/
Zudlova6233/
Schidlof5715/
Soodlhaw571/
Shidloff571/
Cidlaw503/

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