Birdwood Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Birdwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birdwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560
Wales71:224,0598,079

Birdwood Last Name Facts

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

Birdwood occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Birdwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Birdwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Birdwood live; 85 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England Birdwood is most common in: Greater London, where 37 percent are found, Gloucestershire, where 22 percent are found and Hampshire, where 15 percent are found. Aside from England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Birdwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Birdwood has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 21 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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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  • 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 Birdwood
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