Bedwell is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bedwell
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

A hamlet, county of Bedford. De Bedewell, Hundred Rolls.

Bedwell is variant form of Bedell. The crier, or usher, in a court; town crier; a constable.

Bedwell is a form of the Bidwell. One who came from Bidwell, i.e., a stream in a valley, in Bedfordshire.

Bedwell is the variant of Bede. A personal name of great antiquity, borne by the "venerable" Anglo-Saxon historian.

How popular is Bedwell?

Bedwell is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand.

Bedwell is ranked 58651 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bedwells plummeted by 1.99 per cent to 4276 since 2000 and slipped by 694 spots and ranked at 7762. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.57 95.74
Hispanic or Latino 2.03 1.26
Others 1.54 1.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.87 0.71
Black 0.63 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.35 0.25
Bedwell is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is ahead in terms of density. Around 8621 person has been found who wears Bedwell as their family name. Bedwell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bedwell:
7,425 United States5,716
4,680 England1,569
Countries with hundreds of Bedwell:
8,870 Australia356
16,066 Canada232
27,511 South Africa194
4,585 New Zealand173
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,093 Chile93
15,373 Mexico92
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,254 Scotland49
6,014 Wales45
186,571 Nigeria20
78,311 Netherlands11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
84,476 Zimbabwe9
1,961 American Samoa6

Bedwell Namesakes

  • Frederick Bedwell, sailor in the Royal Navy
  • William Bedwell, English priest and scholar
  • Simon Bedwell, English artist based in London

Bedwell Namesakes

  • Frederick Bedwell, sailor in the Royal Navy
  • William Bedwell, English priest and scholar
  • Simon Bedwell, English artist based in London

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