Westwell Surname

288,408th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Westwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0081:55,2766,715
Canada951:387,84834,448
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Australia381:710,41347,396
Isle of Man301:2,861575
Wales231:134,5459,804
Scotland221:243,35512,191
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
France121:5,535,227269,324
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6011:40,5585,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Westwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westwell is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westwell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 288,408th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,479,358 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Westwell live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 1,008 people, or 1 in 55,276. In England it is most prevalent in: Lancashire, where 30 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 29 percent live and Merseyside, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account England this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Westwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Westwell has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 168 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westwell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Westwell surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.47% being registered with the political party.

The amount Westwell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.26% more than the national average, earning R 380,844 per year; in United States they earn 0.39% less than the national average, earning $42,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.01% more than the national average, earning $54,158 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Westwell
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