Widdows Surname

231,902nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Widdows Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wydo,' English for Guido (Guy) (v. Widowson, a); compare Warin for Guarin, &c.

William fil. Wydo, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Reg. fil. Wydonis, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

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Widdows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9271:60,1067,144
United States5251:690,39854,758
Australia731:369,80430,692
Canada631:584,85148,473
Wales361:85,9597,098
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Scotland211:254,94412,577
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5291:46,0785,717
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Widdows Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wydo,' English for Guido (Guy) (v. Widowson, a); compare Warin for Guarin, &c.

William fil. Wydo, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Reg. fil. Wydonis, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Thomas Wydowe, Close Rolls, 20 Richard II. pt.

Annabella Wydow, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Widders is a natural corruption of Widows with the patronymic s. 'Beware of widders' does not apply in this case, but points to a similar corruption.

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

(English) (the) Widow’s (Son) [Middle English wid(e)we, Old English widwe, widow]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Widdows Last Name Facts

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

The last name Widdows is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Widdows? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 231,902nd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,183,436 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Widdows live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Widdows is most frequent in England, where it is held by 927 people, or 1 in 60,106. In England Widdows is most frequent in: Greater London, where 11 percent are found, Gloucestershire, where 8 percent are found and Lancashire, where 6 percent are found. Other than England this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Widdows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Widdows has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Widdows surname rose 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 457 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 2,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Widdows Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Widdows last name are 23.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.81% registered with the party.

The amount Widdows earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.93% less than the national average, earning R 133,248 per year; in United States they earn 3.21% more than the national average, earning $44,534 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.63% less than the national average, earning $45,891 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Widows92132/
Widdow9210/
Wuidows860/
Weddows860/
Widow83386/
Wiedow77568/
Weidow77402/
Widowa773/
Waidow771/
Wedows770/
Biddow770/
Beddows712,193/
Wiedouw7111/
Widdefs711/
Weadows710/
Wedow67688/
Widov6715/
Wydow6710/
Vidow679/
Wädow674/
Uidow671/
Widaw671/
Whittdow670/

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