Treadwell Surname

47,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,771 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Treadwell Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at a Spring or Well by a Path or Road [Dialectal English tread, a path, track, way; from Old English tredan, to tread + English well, Old English w(i)ell(a, a spring]

Treadwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,7561:46,7335,682
England1,7331:32,1514,287
Australia4931:54,7586,718
New Zealand3091:14,6552,571
Canada2191:168,24516,926
Wales571:54,2904,971
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Ireland401:117,7235,959
Scotland231:232,77511,829
France141:4,744,480251,814
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Austria121:709,62061,025
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China41:341,830,39216,990
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7821:31,1714,146
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7151:29,2823,562

Treadwell (73) may also be a first name.

Treadwell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at a Spring or Well by a Path or Road [Dialectal English tread, a path, track, way; from Old English tredan, to tread + English well, Old English w(i)ell(a, a spring]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at a path, or road, by a spring or stream.

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

From Tredgarville; a location name in South Wales.

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

Treadwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Treadwell is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Treadwell? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 47,950th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 676,590 people. The last name Treadwell is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Treadwell reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 73 people.

Treadwell is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 7,756 people, or 1 in 46,733. In The United States Treadwell is most numerous in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Georgia, where 10 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 38 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Treadwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Treadwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Treadwell last name expanded 452 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 5,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 444 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Treadwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Treadwell surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Treadwell last name are 10.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.74% being registered with the party.

The amount Treadwell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.01% more than the national average, earning R 406,392 per year; in United States they earn 4% less than the national average, earning $41,421 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.07% more than the national average, earning $51,703 CAD per year.

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