Widows Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Widows 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.
Read More About This SurnameWidows Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 105 | 1:3,451,990 | 194,849 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 62 | 1:393,151 | 23,809 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
Widows 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 genitive form of Wido.
Same as Widowson; from the Old German name Widow. Lower renders Widowson, the son of Guido or Wido, a Norman personal name; and he says that at the time of the great Survey, William Filius Widonis, literally "William Wido's son," was a tenant-in-chief in the counties of Wilts, Gloucester, and Somerset.
Widows Demographics
Average Widows Salary in
United States
$38,611 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Widows Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Widows Come From? nationality or country of origin
Widows has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Widows? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. Widows occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Widows live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name Widows is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 3,451,990. In The United States Widows is most frequent in: Florida, where 22 percent live, Kansas, where 10 percent live and Indiana, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
Widows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Widows has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Widows surname grew 136 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 97 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Widows Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Widows surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the party.
Widows earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.52% less than the national average, earning $38,611 USD per year.
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