Urwick Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Urwick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Urwick.' Mr. Lower suggests that it is a variant of Urswick, a parish in Furness, North Lancashire. This is very improbable, as Urswick does not appear to have become the parent of an hereditary surname.

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Urwick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:8,237,703362,142
England301:1,857,26974,552
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372

Urwick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Urwick.' Mr. Lower suggests that it is a variant of Urswick, a parish in Furness, North Lancashire. This is very improbable, as Urswick does not appear to have become the parent of an hereditary surname. Besides, Urwick as a surname is almost entirely confined to South, and especially Southwest, England. I suspect it will be found to represent some small spot in the neighbourhood of Somerset. Usborn, Usborne.—Bapt. —the son of Osbern,' a variant. We find Osebern in the Hundred Rolls, and this would readily become Usbern; v. Osborn.

Gerard fil. Osebern, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1521. Christopher Usborne and Katharine Grene: Marriage Lic. (London).

1700. Married — William Usboumeand Elizabeth Edwards: St. Peter, Cornhill.

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

A weak form of Urswick, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Urswick; a location name in Lancashire Adam de Urswick, 6 Edw. III. (1332), was chief forester of Bowland. Sir Robert, knight of the shire, 5 to 20 Rich. II., and I and 2 Henry IV. Sir John de Urswick, 14 Rich. II., sheriff. Christopher, chaplain to Henry VII., the ‘Sir Christopher’ of Rich. III., Act V., § 5, buried in Hackney Church.

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

Urwick Last Name Facts

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

Urwick is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Urwick click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urwick? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,075,631st most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name Urwick occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Urwick live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 8,237,703. In The United States Urwick is most common in: California, where 36 percent live, North Carolina, where 34 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 37 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Urwick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Urwick has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Urwick last name fell 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Urwick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Congregationalist (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States Urwick are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Urwick earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.42% less than the national average, earning $39,948 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hurwick9236/
Gurwick922/
Ausrwick861/
Gurwic8313/
Hurwic835/
Urwitc831/
Gurvick775/
Eurvick770/
Urvik73129/
Urbic7337/
Urwig732/
Uruik731/
Irwik731/
Urbeck6775/
Urbäck6727/
Uhrvik674/
Hurbik673/
Gurvik672/
Horwik671/
Irvick671/
Gurwig670/
Orwiek670/
Hurwig670/

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