Bedwood Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bedwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bedwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:1,295,76958,667
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Bedwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bedwood is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bedwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Bedwood? popularity and diffusion

Bedwood is the 2,661,929th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Bedwood reside; 81 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Bedwood is most frequent in England, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 1,295,769. In England it is most numerous in: West Midlands, where 84 percent are found, Greater London, where 9 percent are found and Devon, where 2 percent are found. Excluding England this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent are found and Jamaica, where 2 percent are found.

Bedwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bedwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Bedwood last name grew 478 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bidwood861/
Bethwood801/
Bedwad774/
Botwood71273/
Wetwood7141/
Batwood715/
Bedouho712/
Widwood710/
Bythwood67127/
Bedwa6758/
Bottwood6751/
Betwo6710/
Bedbo673/
Bidwo672/
Bedvo671/
Bithwood671/
Bothwood670/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Bedwood
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