Edward is used as a family name or surname in Sudan. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Edward
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Sudan
Meaning: Name widespread in Britain. Happy keeper

How popular is Edward?

Edward is common in Sudan.

Edward is ranked 1981 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Edwards plummeted by 14.09641 per cent to 4473 since 2000 and slipped by 1372 spots and ranked at 7446. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 48.58 50.97
White 37.49 39.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.73 2.84
Hispanic or Latino 3.93 3.17
Others 2.35 2.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.92 0.58
Edward is quite popular family name mostly used in Tanzania while Saint Lucia is ahead in terms of density. Around 277523 people have been found who wears Edward as their family name. Edward is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
15,965 Azerbaijan10
41 Norfolk Island9
1,031 South Korea8
406 Sierra Leone5
12,383 Armenia4
718 Liberia4
3,008 Ethiopia3
3,818 Zambia3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
359 Dominica3
19,865 Iran3
15,749 Finland3
6,706 Lebanon3
31,767 Greece2
10,211 Bulgaria2
319 Samoa2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
2,152 Niger2
1,400 Mongolia2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
10,395 Latvia2
37,372 Georgia2
6,977 Tajikistan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
1,753 Cuba2
4,367 Afghanistan2
5,300 Syria2
3,478 Haiti2
2,078 Lesotho1
5,916 Mozambique1
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,283 Lithuania1
3,307 Malta1
6,967 Macedonia1
7,847 Albania1
923 Turks and Caicos Islands1
846 American Samoa1
141 Nauru1
2,057 Isle of Man1
1,005 The Gambia1
531 Greenland1
97 Tuvalu1
24,421 Slovakia1
353 Cook Islands1
692 Guinea1
573 Vanuatu1
3,071 Jersey1
7,292 Vietnam1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,211 Brunei1
1,179 Swaziland1
7,110 Bosnia1
1,879 Belize1
7,198 Maldives1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
295 United States Virgin Islands48
16,483 Chile45
12,527 Denmark44
56,036 Kazakhstan38
9,524 Portugal37
1,135 Iceland35
587 Guam32
2,803 Senegal30
2,622 Nicaragua29
5,663 Thailand18
64,976 Belarus13
29,987 Moldova12
4,338 Costa Rica12
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
2,423 Jamaica89
137 Marshall Islands84
58,125 Ukraine83
20,785 Belgium82
13,957 Switzerland81
2,134 Trinidad and Tobago77
32,115 Spain75
3,598 Mauritius73
264 Grenada71
4,057 Panama65
2,438 Bahrain61
615 Barbados54
1,892 Cyprus52
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Edward:
15,208 Philippines967
12,030 Germany841
2,246 Benin703
1,717 United Arab Emirates619
692 Taiwan579
5,928 Saudi Arabia577
17,058 France563
3,662 Zimbabwe523
11 Micronesia481
14,526 Turkey454
1,633 Scotland446
5,478 Romania418
863 Botswana407
9,264 Uzbekistan378
14,898 Morocco336
1,086 Namibia326
1,361 Singapore319
3,523 Jordan277
5,655 Colombia262
3,873 Guatemala246
1,548 Kuwait244
597 Guyana243
3,164 New Zealand241
61,856 Russia217
2,593 Dominican Republic216
17,404 Mexico209
5,507 Israel200
6,220 Tunisia198
26,800 Argentina194
2,626 Oman186
2,197 Wales181
10,100 Peru171
1,490 Qatar165
8,140 Austria157
9,538 Venezuela151
857 Fiji146
162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines131
2,019 Hong Kong119
8,002 Sweden116
516 China115
23,419 Netherlands111
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Edward:
4,170 United States9,616
722 Ghana5,112
715 Malaysia4,857
1,591 Kenya3,610
777 Sri Lanka3,456
215 Togo3,428
1,419 Iraq3,038
1,154 Cameroon2,974
3,120 Bangladesh2,750
2,866 England2,689
2,696 South Africa2,411
1,093 Ivory Coast2,338
19,579 India2,147
6,543 Indonesia2,073
1,448 Malawi1,956
3,655 Pakistan1,886
4,021 Algeria1,696
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
1,077 Rwanda1,473
2,469 Australia1,257
3,745 Canada1,233
5,016 Poland1,193
13 Saint Lucia1,165
11,699 Brazil1,161
Countries with ten thousands of Edward:
46 Tanzania91,512
567 Nigeria45,698
381 Egypt31,154
289 Uganda18,671
428 Sudan10,309
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman John Edward who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on November 6, 1848 by Republic put out from Liverpool. Workman William Edward, 19 years old Humphrey Edward, David Edward (19) Workman, 20 years old Schorhan Edward, Michael Edward (22) Blacksmith, Workman Robert Edward, Ann Edward, aged 18, Thomas Edward, aged 60, and 6 other Edward around 64.29% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Comments

D
Deloras Mchaney
 edward is a baptismal name and patronymic, English form edouard from Old English Eadward, consists of ead, rich, happy and keep ward.

Edward Namesakes

  • Ifan ab Owen Edwards, Writer
  • Hywel Teifi Edwards, Academic
  • Albert Edward McKenzie, Armed force officer
  • Aubrey Edwards, Actor
  • Charles Edward Hubbard, Author
  • Anthony Edwards, Actor
  • Steven Edwards, Soccer player
  • Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet, Baronet Acton of Aldenham
  • Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet, Baron Acton
  • John Wesley Edwards, Canadian Politician
  • In 2016 drama movie, The Rehearsal, Ella Edward played Isolde.

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