Cawood Surname
Approximately 5,274 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameCawood Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,788 | 1:30,301 | 3,902 |
| United States | 1,620 | 1:223,740 | 21,657 |
| England | 1,171 | 1:47,582 | 5,974 |
| Australia | 272 | 1:99,249 | 11,236 |
| New Zealand | 152 | 1:29,792 | 5,213 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 1:108,532 | 6,545 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 698 | 1:34,922 | 4,572 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 296 | 1:169,658 | 15,313 |
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.
Place name in North of England.
A parish in Yorkshire.
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caywood | 92 | 3,486 | / |
| Cauwood | 92 | 124 | / |
| Cawoods | 92 | 1 | / |
| Caiwood | 92 | 0 | / |
| Caswood | 92 | 0 | / |
| Cawwood | 92 | 0 | / |
| Cawod | 91 | 2 | / |
| Chaiwood | 86 | 8 | / |
| Caywoods | 86 | 1 | / |
| Caiswood | 86 | 0 | / |
| Cowood | 83 | 82 | / |
| Kawood | 83 | 11 | / |
| Zawood | 83 | 2 | / |
| Caywod | 83 | 2 | / |
| Cabood | 83 | 1 | / |
| Qawood | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cavood | 83 | 0 | / |
| Kaywood | 77 | 318 | / |
| Zaywood | 77 | 32 | / |
| Kaiwood | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kaewood | 77 | 4 | / |
| Cowwood | 77 | 1 | / |
| Quawood | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dsawood | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chawoot | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keawood | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coywood | 77 | 0 | / |
| Couwood | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kauwood | 77 | 0 | / |
| Cawad | 73 | 1,092 | / |
| Cavod | 73 | 584 | / |
| Kawod | 73 | 9 | / |
| Cabod | 73 | 4 | / |
| Chaiwoot | 71 | 207 | / |
| Hqaywood | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kochwood | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chaibood | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chabod | 67 | 2,182 | / |
| Chawad | 67 | 506 | / |
| Caboot | 67 | 67 | / |
| Chobod | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kavood | 67 | 10 | / |
| Caibod | 67 | 4 | / |
| Caboud | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kaewod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaiwooth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cawuud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dsawod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zavood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cobodt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Couchwood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kawhod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zowood | 67 | 0 | / |
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