Cauwood Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cauwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cawood,' (1) a small town near Selby, West Riding Yorks; (2) a chapelry in the parish of Melling, North Lancaster.

Johannes de Cawode, 1383-4: Freemen of York.

Johannes de Cawod, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Cauwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1171:476,22330,919
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Cauwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cawood,' (1) a small town near Selby, West Riding Yorks; (2) a chapelry in the parish of Melling, North Lancaster.

Johannes de Cawode, 1383-4: Freemen of York.

Johannes de Cawod, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Cawod, 1370: ibid.

Alicia de Cawode, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

This surname crossed the Atlantic, and is still found in the States.

Richard Cawood, aged 35 years, 1635: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

1569. John Cawood and Agnes Keane: Marriage Lic. (London).

1771. Married — William Cawood and Mary Jones: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cauwood Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Cauwood? popularity and diffusion

Cauwood is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Cauwood reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Cauwood is most common in England, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 476,223. In England it is most frequent in: Tyne and Wear, where 33 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 14 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 14 percent are found. Beside England this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Cauwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cauwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Cauwood last name grew 616 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Caswood860/
Cawwood860/
Cawod832/
Chaiwood808/
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Cowood7782/
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Zawood772/
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Kaiwood718/
Kaewood714/
Keawood711/
Cowwood711/
Chawoot711/
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Dsawood711/
Coywood710/
Jawod671,360/
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Chaiwoot67207/
Sawod67162/
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Casuo6731/
Kawoo6721/
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Kawod679/
Cabod674/
Caiwo674/
Qawoo674/
Cawop673/
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Cahuo671/
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