Wood Forename

110,224th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 4,012 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Haiti

Wood Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: A forest [dweller].

Wood Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
1,6631:218,0027,546
Haiti
89%
 
8321:12,8931,261
Ghana
100%
2811:96,0364,158
Australia-1671:81,7823,221
Canada
50%
 
1601:207,0847,801
China-901:15,178,39860,031
Egypt-871:1,056,33318,582
Brazil
77%
 
841:2,550,43049,725
Kuwait-661:57,3524,703
Zimbabwe
95%
 
601:257,06414,378
England
75%
 
581:958,67116,212
New Zealand-471:96,5124,191
India
71%
 
371:32,834,540652,791
DR Congo
100%
341:2,171,40051,388
Thailand
92%
 
301:2,335,52760,765
Dominican Republic-251:417,25113,014
Russia
100%
251:5,769,34826,670
Malaysia
67%
 
221:1,384,08844,593
Nigeria
64%
 
211:8,455,446105,604
Hong Kong-201:387,6363,995
Philippines
100%
181:5,889,41597,289
Pakistan
84%
 
141:13,882,69183,133
Netherlands
80%
 
131:1,300,16020,012
Liberia
80%
 
111:401,09611,764
Afghanistan
100%
111:2,965,77421,963
Zambia-101:1,585,47918,518
Indonesia-101:25,796,367599,978
Venezuela
100%
81:3,775,23755,178
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Papua New Guinea
71%
 
81:1,019,03971,574
Congo
100%
71:715,60113,459
Belgium
75%
 
51:2,298,00820,299
Taiwan
100%
51:4,753,93676,486
South Africa
100%
51:10,906,530170,325
Italy
100%
51:12,212,41834,417
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Uganda
100%
41:10,239,23065,177
Ireland
60%
 
41:1,160,8807,088
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Peru
100%
31:10,597,15158,549
Finland
100%
21:2,741,59219,235
Solomon Islands-21:290,4786,813
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Cameroon-21:10,805,25286,897
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Switzerland
81%
 
11:8,213,49636,387
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Guernsey-11:63,331901
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537

Wood (590,797) may also be a surname.

Wood Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: A forest [dweller].

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

Wood Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hwood892/
Woodw891/
Whood891/
Woodt891/
Wod8684/
Wooood801/
Woodgy801/
Bood75638/
Woot7585/
Woud7525/
Wuod759/
Vood756/
Wohd755/
Woyd751/
Wodd751/
Woid751/
Whod751/
Vwod751/
Woed751/
Wosd751/
Hwod751/
Boodh672,049/
Wooth675/
Ouhod672/
Woote672/
Woogy672/
Woddd671/
Wotdz671/
Wowdh671/
Wowde671/
Woott671/
Whodz671/
Waowd671/
Wgodt671/
Whoot671/
Whods671/
Uooud671/
Voods671/
Wuhod671/
Woudt671/
Woydt671/

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