Widden Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Widden Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at 1 the Wide Valley [Old English wíd + denu] 2 the Wide Hill [Old English wíd + dún] In English place-names -den is frequently for -don [Old English dún, a hill, down]: cp. the Devon place-name Widden Down.
Widden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 61 | 1:399,596 | 24,084 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Widden (24) may also be a first name.
Widden Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at 1 the Wide Valley [Old English wíd + denu] 2 the Wide Hill [Old English wíd + dún] In English place-names -den is frequently for -don [Old English dún, a hill, down]: cp. the Devon place-name Widden Down.
(English) Dweller in the broad valley; one who came from Weedon (hill with a temple), the name of several places in England.
(Welsh.) From Gwyn, white.
Gwynne is included in my list for Monmouthshire. Gwyn, however, is a very old and has often been a distinguished South Wales name, especially in Brecknockshire (Jones' "Brecknockshire").
Widden Demographics
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Widden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Widden Come From? nationality or country of origin
Widden is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Widden click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Widden? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,658,108th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Widden are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Widden is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent given name on earth It is held by 24 people.
The last name Widden is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 4,420,231. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Washington, where 27 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent reside and Scotland, where 7 percent reside.
Widden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Widden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Widden last name grew 328 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 66 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Widden Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Widden surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Widden earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.42% less than the national average, earning $40,809 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.29% more than the national average, earning $52,312 CAD per year.
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