Awood Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Awood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
United States201:18,122,947588,089
England41:13,929,515290,718
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Awood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awood is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Awood is the 2,530,696th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Awood are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Awood is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa Awood is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 97 percent live and Gauteng, where 3 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 34 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

Awood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Awood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Awood last name expanded 222 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Awood Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Awood earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 74.75% more than the national average, earning R 415,272 per year and in United States they earn 29.2% more than the national average, earning $55,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawood9114/
Auwood9112/
Gawood917/
Aywood913/
Awoods911/
Awod891,006/
Haywood8343,266/
Hawgood83496/
Heawood83177/
Haswood8379/
Easwood833/
Haiwood831/
Aaywood831/
Haewood831/
Hawoods830/
Abood8014,205/
Hawod80374/
Awoot8016/
Ewood805/
Owood803/
Awoud802/
Gawod801/
Awodh801/
Avood800/
Awods800/
Haywoods776/
Hayswood776/
Ahaywood772/
Hawoot7358/
Hawoud7314/
Haywod7313/
Hewood739/
O'Wood737/
Aboodh735/
Howood733/
Hawgod732/
Gavood731/
Eywood731/
Eiwood731/
Hawwod730/
D'Haywood711/
Awad671,047,542/
Heywood6717,602/
Abod673,628/
Awot671,832/
Ovod671,818/
Obod671,385/
Ewod6735/
Awud6719/
Haywwod676/
Avod674/
Hoywood673/
O'Woods673/
Owod672/
Hehwood671/
Haywodd671/
Ahabood671/
Awodowa671/
Howwood670/
Havgood670/
Gowwood670/
Attvood670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awood
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