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There are approximately 20,771 people named Chadwick in the UK. That makes it the 485th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 329 are named Chadwick.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Chadwick surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) The cottage by the harbor, or sheltered place; from the Saxon Cyte and wick; Cyte signifies a cottage, and wick, a harbor, a sheltered place. It may be so called from the shad fisheries.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CHADWICK. Chadwyke, a hamlet in the parish of Rochdale, the property of the family in the XIV. cent.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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