Catherwood Surname

233,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,726 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Catherwood Surname Definition:

A variant of Calderwooo, which see, with l vocalized. James Catherwood in Peacock Bank, 1705 (Corsehill, p. 207).

Catherwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada4621:79,7528,917
United States4301:842,92864,333
Australia3551:76,0448,891
Northern Ireland2301:8,0221,350
England1241:449,33929,774
New Zealand701:64,6909,897
Wales201:154,72710,755
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1931:22,9532,555
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:311,91724,534

Catherwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Calderwooo, which see, with l vocalized. James Catherwood in Peacock Bank, 1705 (Corsehill, p. 207).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Gaelic.) Local. A fenny—wood, wet ground, from Cathar, soft, boggy ground; or the fortified place in a wood, from Cathair, Gaelic, a town, a fortified city, a guard, a sentinel.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Catherwood Last Name Facts

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

Catherwood occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Catherwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 233,618th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,222,217 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Catherwood are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Catherwood is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 462 people, or 1 in 79,752. In Canada Catherwood is mostly concentrated in: Ontario, where 80 percent are found, British Columbia, where 16 percent are found and Nova Scotia, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Canada this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 21 percent are found.

Catherwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Catherwood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 267 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 282 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Catherwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Catherwood surname are 18.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.95% registered with the political party.

The amount Catherwood earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 29.41% more than the national average, earning $55,837 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.23% more than the national average, earning $53,273 CAD per year.

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