Wedgewood Surname

429,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Wedgewood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wedgewood,' a township in the parish of Wolstanton, three miles from Burslem, Staffordshire The surname is still familiar to the county, and has become historic.

1593. William Wedgwood, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Wedgewood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3661:990,32573,323
Canada2081:177,14217,704
England1731:322,07023,948
Australia391:692,19746,687
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2751:88,6389,253
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1411:356,16127,153

Wedgewood (13) may also be a first name.

Wedgewood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wedgewood,' a township in the parish of Wolstanton, three miles from Burslem, Staffordshire The surname is still familiar to the county, and has become historic.

1593. William Wedgwood, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1631. John Wegewood, Staffordshire: ibid.

1658. Buried — Leonard Wedgwood: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1753. Married — Robert Goodall and Mary Wedgewood: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1795. — Richard Wedgewood and Jane Evans: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Wedgwood (Staffs) [Earlier forms than the 16th-cent. Wedgwood seem to be lacking. The name is prob. a voiced form of Old English wœcce, a watch or guard + wudu, a wood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wedgwood (guarded wood), in Staffordshire.

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

A location name in Staffordshire.

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

Wedgewood Last Name Facts

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

Wedgewood is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedgewood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 429,827th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,086,716 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Wedgewood live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wedgewood is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 13 people.

The surname Wedgewood is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 990,325. In The United States it is mostly found in: Maine, where 12 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Kansas, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 26 percent live and England, where 22 percent live.

Wedgewood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wedgewood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wedgewood surname increased 260 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wedgewood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wedgewood surname are 5.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.46% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wedgewood earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.33% less than the national average, earning $38,262 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.99% more than the national average, earning $51,664 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wegewood941/
Wedgeood941/
Widgewood891/
Wedgewoth781/
Wadgewad715/
Wisewood712/
Beegewad591/
Wiseswoot561/
Bigewad504/

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