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There are approximately 9,923 people named Warwick in the UK. That makes it the 1,064th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 157 are named Warwick.

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 Warwick surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) The county town of Warwickshire, England. Camden derives it from guarth, Cor. Br., a safeguard, a garrison, and wick, Saxon, a port or city. Somner says it was formerly called "wearing-wick," from wear and wick, a harbor.

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

WARWICK. 1. Turchil de Warwick, son of Alwine, was a tenant in capite at the making of Domesday. He was of Saxon race. See Arden. 2. A parish in Camberland, anciently written Warthwick. One Odard, owner of the estate in the XII. century, was grandfather of John de Warthwyke, who lived temp. Richard Cojur de Lion, and the descendants of the latter, in the direct male line, possessed the estate down to the XVIII. century. See Hutchinson's Cumberland, i. 154.

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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