Botwood Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Botwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Botwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1581:352,64625,413
Wales441:70,3306,116
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:286,76919,769
Wales291:54,0832,718
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Botwood Last Name Facts

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

Botwood is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Botwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 956,400th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname Botwood occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Botwood are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles.

Botwood is most numerous in England, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 352,646. In England Botwood is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 28 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 16 percent live and Shropshire, where 13 percent live. Barring England this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.

Botwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Botwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Botwood surname grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Botwood Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Botwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 463.8% more than the national average, earning R 1,339,810 per year and in Canada they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $48,783 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boutwood93139/
Bottwood9351/
Bothwood930/
Batwood865/
Wotwood861/
Bastwood803/
Bautwood801/
Bethwood801/
Boytwo773/
Watwood71793/
Bedwood7153/
Botwa6785/
Wattwood6720/
Batwo678/
Botuo675/
Boodwooa671/
Watwoods670/

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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 Botwood
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