Wedgwood Surname

253,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Wedgwood 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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Wedgwood 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
England7281:76,5368,651
United States2961:1,224,52386,796
Australia2921:92,45110,569
Canada701:526,36644,416
New Zealand641:70,75510,593
Scotland451:118,9747,657
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Isle of Man31:28,6073,614
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2761:88,3179,234
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Wedgwood (18) may also be a first name.

Wedgwood 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

A small hamlet in Staffordshire gave name to the ancestors of Wedgwood, the eminent potter.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Wedgwood Demographics

Average Wedgwood Salary in
United States

$45,824 USD

Per year
Rank:
549,401 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
8.0596E-5
Rank: 89,323 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
106.2%
Sample size: 150 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Wedgwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wedgwood has its highest incidence in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedgwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 253,664th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,677,501 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Wedgwood live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 18 people.

The surname Wedgwood is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 728 people, or 1 in 76,536. In England it is most prevalent in: Staffordshire, where 16 percent live, Cumbria, where 9 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 8 percent live. Other than England this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 19 percent live.

Wedgwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wedgwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wedgwood surname increased 264 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 417 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wedgwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Wedgwood surname is principally Methodist (92%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wedgwood last name are 4.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wedgwood earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 27.45% more than the national average, earning R 302,868 per year; in United States they earn 6.2% more than the national average, earning $45,824 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.11% more than the national average, earning $53,217 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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