Walwyn Surname

305,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Walwyn Surname Definition:

(English) the Anglo-Saxon W(e)alhwine = Foreign or Welsh Friend [Old English w(e)alh, foreigner, Welshman + wine, friend]

Walwyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4071:136,89913,394
United States3961:915,30068,789
Saint Kitts and Nevis1151:480109
Canada571:646,41452,764
United States Virgin Islands391:2,830482
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Antigua and Barbuda291:3,420496
Wales281:110,5198,545
Jamaica251:114,7984,448
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Cuba101:1,152,2726,837
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Anguilla21:6,718471
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1461:166,95514,226
Wales41:392,10412,338

Walwyn (62) may also be a first name.

Walwyn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) the Anglo-Saxon W(e)alhwine = Foreign or Welsh Friend [Old English w(e)alh, foreigner, Welshman + wine, friend]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An Anglo-Saxon personal name. In the H.R. it occurs as a surname-Walwayn.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Geoffry Wawein, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

(Welsh), White wall. (variant: de' Mura.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Walwyn Last Name Facts

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

Walwyn is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Walwyn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walwyn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 305,641st most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,886,548 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Walwyn reside; 37 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 62 people.

Walwyn is most common in England, where it is carried by 407 people, or 1 in 136,899. In England it is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 18 percent reside, Greater London, where 14 percent reside and Staffordshire, where 10 percent reside. Beside England this last name exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where 9 percent reside.

Walwyn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Walwyn has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 279 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Walwyn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Walwyn surname are 20.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 74.19% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Walwyn earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.27% more than the national average, earning R 316,704 per year; in United States they earn 8.84% more than the national average, earning $46,964 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.14% more than the national average, earning $72,112 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walwayn923/
Walwin8342/
Wolwyn835/
Walwym831/
Wallwin77206/
Walwene7764/
Ballwyn773/
Wahlwng772/
Walwine771/
Wailwin771/
Wallwein7129/
Wallwind711/
Wallwend710/
Wolwin6744/
Balbyn673/
Volwyn671/

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