Cawood Surname

90,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Cawood 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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Cawood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,7881:30,3013,902
United States1,6201:223,74021,657
England1,1711:47,5825,974
Australia2721:99,24911,236
New Zealand1521:29,7925,213
Canada781:472,37940,609
Zimbabwe461:335,61432,404
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Wales91:343,83718,086
Guam81:20,0153,029
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Swaziland41:324,550996
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Barbados11:287,4482,772
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6981:34,9224,572
Scotland131:287,9409,345
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2961:169,65815,313

Cawood (31) may also be a first name.

Cawood 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

Place name in North of England.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

A parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cawood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cawood is found most in South Africa. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cawood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 90,821st most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,381,787 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 35 percent of Cawood are found; 35 percent are found in Southern Africa and 35 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Cawood is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 31 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,788 people, or 1 in 30,301. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 29 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent live and Western Cape, where 14 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and England, where 22 percent live.

Cawood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cawood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cawood surname increased 547 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cawood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cawood surname are 16.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.27% being registered with the party.

The amount Cawood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 170.42% more than the national average, earning R 642,624 per year; in United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.1% less than the national average, earning $47,151 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Caywood923,486/
Cauwood92124/
Cawoods921/
Caiwood920/
Caswood920/
Cawwood920/
Cawod912/
Chaiwood868/
Caywoods861/
Caiswood860/
Cowood8382/
Kawood8311/
Zawood832/
Caywod832/
Cabood831/
Qawood831/
Cavood830/
Kaywood77318/
Zaywood7732/
Kaiwood778/
Kaewood774/
Cowwood771/
Quawood771/
Dsawood771/
Chawoot771/
Keawood771/
Coywood770/
Couwood770/
Kauwood770/
Cawad731,092/
Cavod73584/
Kawod739/
Cabod734/
Chaiwoot71207/
Hqaywood711/
Kochwood711/
Chaibood711/
Chabod672,182/
Chawad67506/
Caboot6767/
Chobod6717/
Kavood6710/
Caibod674/
Caboud673/
Kaewod671/
Chaiwooth671/
Cawuud671/
Dsawod671/
Zavood671/
Cobodt671/
Couchwood671/
Kawhod671/
Zowood670/

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