Brothwood Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ireland

Brothwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brothwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3201:174,11915,890
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Wales51:618,90625,852
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1241:196,57615,750

Brothwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brothwood occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brothwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brothwood is the 745,450th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 18,879,653 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Brothwood live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequent in England, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 174,119. In England Brothwood is most numerous in: Shropshire, where 23 percent live, West Midlands, where 22 percent live and Lancashire, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account England Brothwood exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Brothwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brothwood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Brothwood last name increased 258 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bretwood824/
Brettwood7829/
Bredwood71215/
Bradwood711/
Brotuo671/
Brathwa631/
Brathwate565/
Brathwatte532/
Brodua531/
Brodva531/
Bratwa531/
Brodwa531/
Bredwad5021/
Broduah501/
Brodbud500/

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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 Brothwood
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