Warwick Surname

24,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Warwick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Warwick,' the chief town of the county of that name.

John de Warrewyc, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Matilda de Warewyck, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

John de Warewyk, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Warwick Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7,9411:7,0171,020
United States7,7251:46,9205,698
Australia2,8701:9,4061,405
Canada1,3591:27,1123,609
New Zealand4751:9,5331,659
South Africa4651:116,51113,897
Scotland3721:14,3921,832
Northern Ireland3271:5,6421,046
Wales2731:11,3351,260
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
France421:1,581,493147,826
Trinidad and Tobago401:34,0993,409
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Denmark101:564,47234,222
China101:136,732,1577,199
Cook Islands91:2,020519
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Malta41:107,5681,849
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3041:14,5721,870
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,8671:6,303967
Scotland2331:16,0651,746
Wales401:39,2102,093
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4031:35,7944,247

Warwick (12,659) may also be a first name.

Warwick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Warwick,' the chief town of the county of that name.

John de Warrewyc, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Matilda de Warewyck, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

John de Warewyk, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1601. Married — Richard Warwick and Hester Thruxton: St. Mary Aldermary.

1619. — John Baker and Joane Warricke: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

Doubtless from Warwick in the county of the same name in England, rather than from Warwick in Cumberland, which represents Warthewic (1120). Some of the Warwicks of today, however, may derive their surname from Warwick in Cumberland. Ricardus de Warewic witnessed William de Moreuille's charter "Edulfo filius Uctredi Gillemoristun que antiquit us vocabatur peniacob," a. 1196 (REG., p. 40). Willelmus de Warewic witnessed a charter by Adam de Hastengis of land of Kengildurs to Aberbrothoc, c. 121426 (RAA., I, p. 87). Richard de Warwyk del counte de Arne rendered homage, 1296. His seal shows a crescent enclosing a star, S' Ricardi.. Werwic (Bain, II, p. 199,548). Six of this name are recorded in CD., of whom five are in the shires of Dumfries and Kirkcudbright.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) 1 belonging to Warwick (Warw.), 13th cent. Warewyk, Warewyck, 12th cent. Warewic, Domesday Warwic, Anglo-Saxon Chron. A.D. 914-915 Wœrinc wíc, ‘set Wœring wícum'; Latin charter dated a.d. 710, but written centuries later, ‘in plaga Warewicensi (‘Cart. Sax.’ no. 127); for orig. Wœringa wicum (dat. pl.) = (at) the Camp or Fortified Place of the WÆr- Family [the pers. name is from Old English wœr, true + -inga, genit. pl. of the ‘son’ suff. -ing + wíc, dat. pl. wícum; sg. dwelling(s, pl. camp, fortress] The spellings of the name in the 14th- 15th cent. MSS. of the famous ‘Guy of Warwick’ are noteworthy— Gye he hyght of Warwykk.—1. 123.

I hyght Gye of Warwyke.—1. 5973. (Camb. MS. Ff. 2, 38).

Gij of Warwike his name Was.—1. 157. (Auchinleck MS.).

Guye of Warrewik his name was.—1.157. (Caius MS.).

2 belonging to Warwick (Cumb.), 13th cent. Wardswyk, Wardwyk, Warthwik = the Guard’s or Watchman’s Place [O.(N.)E. ward = Old Norse vörð-r, watchman, &c. + Old English wic, dwelling(s, &c.]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Warwick (farm by a dam or fish trap, or on the bank), the name of places in Warwickshire and Cumberland.

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

1. Turchil de Warwick, son of Alwine, was a tenant in capite at the making of Domesday. He was of Saxon race. See Arden. 2. A parish in Cumberland, anciently written Warthwick. One Odard, owner of the estate in the XII. century, was grandfather of John de Warthwyke, who lived temp. Richard Cceur de Lion, and the descendants of the latter, in the direct male line, possessed the estate down to the XVIII. century. See Hutchinson's Cumberland, i. 154.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local The county town of Warwickshire, England. Camden derives it from guarth. Cornish-British, a safeguard, a garrison, and wick, Saxon, a port or city. Somner says it was formerly called "wearing—wick," from wear and wick, a harbor.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

For Warroc. Clemens de Warrok, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Roger Waroc, 1198 (Ib.).

— The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Cumberland, Hampshire, and the county town.

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

Average Male Warwick Height

176.37 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 144 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Warwick Last Name Facts

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

The surname Warwick (Arabic: وارويك) is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Warwick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 24,373rd most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 328,445 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 41 percent of Warwick are found; 40 percent are found in Northern Europe and 40 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 52,229th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 12,659 people.

It is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 7,941 people, or 1 in 7,017. In England Warwick is most frequent in: Greater London, where 13 percent live, Hampshire, where 7 percent live and Essex, where 6 percent live. Apart from England this surname occurs in 70 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Warwick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Warwick has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Warwick last name expanded 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 551 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 683 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Warwick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Warwick last name is principally Presbyterian (93%) in Ireland.

In The United States Warwick are 15.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.7% being registered with the political party.

The amount Warwick earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 503.3% more than the national average, earning 2,087,890 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.7% more than the national average, earning R 346,248 per year; in United States they earn 0.12% more than the national average, earning $43,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.58% more than the national average, earning $51,463 CAD per year.

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Warwick Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Warwick in the Arabic language
وارويكwarwyk-
وآرويكwarwyk-
ورويكwrwyk-
اروكarwk-

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