Cherwood Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
France

Cherwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cherwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Cherwood (3) may also be a first name.

Cherwood Last Name Facts

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

Cherwood is most common in The United States. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Cherwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cherwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Cherwood is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Cherwood reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cherwood is also the 7,463,778th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 3 people.

The surname Cherwood is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Louisiana, where 50 percent reside and Minnesota, where 50 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 33 percent reside.

Cherwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cherwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cherwood last name decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herwood93122/
Cerwood933/
Sherwood8846,601/
Charwood8845/
Hearwood8813/
Scerwood883/
Herrwood881/
Chirwood881/
Herwod861/
Shearwood82646/
Sheerwood8230/
Sherwwood821/
Sherwoodd821/
Sherrwood821/
Chairwood820/
Kerwood801,037/
Sherwod809/
Cirwood801/
Kerrwood7511/
Sherwwod757/
Shirwood753/
Kerwhood751/
Sierwood751/
Herrbood751/
Keerwood751/
Sherwoodová742/
Herbod719/
Hervod712/
Kerwod711/
Kirwood67249/
Charwad67109/
Charwot6729/
Sherwad673/
Chervot672/
Cheruot671/
Herwadt671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Cherwood
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis