Elwood Forename

43,663rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 16,393 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Elwood Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Forest dweller.

Elwood Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
14,4191:25,1431,882
Canada
100%
1,2661:26,1722,182
Philippines
100%
4471:237,1589,967
Bahamas-931:4,294739
Liberia
100%
401:110,3024,652
Qatar
67%
 
181:131,64515,202
Antigua and Barbuda-151:6,6261,171
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Honduras-41:2,204,36717,261
Scotland-41:1,337,59211,885
South Africa
100%
41:13,633,162197,070
England
81%
 
41:13,900,73089,263
Saint Kitts and Nevis-41:13,7151,549
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Thailand
100%
31:23,355,271268,869
Jamaica-31:961,07614,069
Germany
88%
 
31:32,225,95964,270
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
India-21:607,438,9864,324,298
Turks and Caicos Islands-21:17,3541,059
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Singapore
100%
11:6,287,05439,645
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Tuvalu-11:11,13189
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Ireland
 
67%
11:4,643,51913,375
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512

Elwood (8,801) may also be a surname.

Elwood Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Forest dweller.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Elwood Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ellwood921,317/
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Elwwood921/
Elwod9110/
Hellwood861/
Alwood8365/
Elwwod838/
Ellwod832/
Elvood832/
Ilwood832/
Elwodd831/
Allwood779/
Ailwood773/
Hilwood772/
Illwood771/
Holwood771/
Elwad73312/
Elbod735/
Elvod733/
Alwod732/
Elwot731/
Elwud731/
Hillwood7112/
Elvoid6714/
El Wda679/
Elvoyd674/
Eliwto671/
Heluod671/
Elwoth671/
Helbod671/
Ailwod671/
Alvood671/
Elboyd671/
Elboot671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Elwood