as a Last Name
- 4,233
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Birdwell
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from a place in South Yorkshire named Birdwell, from Old English bridd ‘bird’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or from Bridwell in Devon or Bridewell in Wiltshire, the first element of which may be an Old English word, brȳd ‘surging’. The surname is now very rare in the British Isles.
| 6,897th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,233
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Guam
- has the most people named Birdwell per capita
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