Ashwood Surname

165,800th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Ashwood Surname Definition:

Villages in Staffordshire and other counties.

Ashwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1461:316,28228,905
England7851:70,9788,143
Australia3201:84,3629,770
Scotland1481:36,1743,513
Canada831:443,92338,562
Jamaica451:63,7773,321
Northern Ireland381:48,5544,148
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Wales91:343,83718,086
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland381:116,5756,975
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2931:83,1928,844
Scotland801:46,7903,324
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1481:339,31526,182

Ashwood (33) may also be a first name.

Ashwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Villages in Staffordshire and other counties.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Ashwood Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ashwood Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ashwood is most common in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ashwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashwood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 165,800th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,790,025 people. Ashwood is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Ashwood live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 33 people.

The last name Ashwood is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,146 people, or 1 in 316,282. In The United States it is most common in: Oklahoma, where 11 percent reside, Florida, where 10 percent reside and New York, where 10 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.

Ashwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ashwood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ashwood surname expanded 774 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 268 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Ashwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Ashwood surname is predominantly Anglican (74%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Ashwood surname are 2.28% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.95% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ashwood earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.57% less than the national average, earning $39,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.66% more than the national average, earning $55,973 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aswood9256/
Haswood8679/
Easwood863/
Gaswood860/
Aswod836/
Hayswood806/
Oswood77214/
Ashwad7717/
Eswood7717/
Esswood7171/
Hazwood7126/
Ashvoot7116/
Ashwahd711/
Ashwadh711/
Ashwoth710/
Hoswood710/
Aswad6739,155/
Asbod67178/
Ashwosth672/
Ashwadth671/
Ashwouth670/
Hesswood670/
Hosswood670/

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