Chitwood Surname

57,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,847 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Chitwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,8161:41,1145,046
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
England61:9,286,343223,652
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2331:40,7294,784

Chitwood (14) may also be a first name.

Chitwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chitwood is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chitwood is the 57,243rd most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 823,731 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Chitwood live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name in the world, held by 14 people.

The surname Chitwood is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 8,816 people, or 1 in 41,114. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 12 percent are found, Missouri, where 10 percent are found and Tennessee, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Chitwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Chitwood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chitwood last name rose 715 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Chitwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Chitwood surname are 19.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.59% registered with the party.

The amount Chitwood earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning $40,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.05% less than the national average, earning $46,678 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chittwood9430/
Chitwoods941/
Chistwood940/
Hitwood931/
Chitwod931/
Citwood930/
Chetwood88684/
Shitwood882/
Chitwwod881/
Haitwood880/
Heitwood880/
Histwood880/
Cheatwood822,472/
Cheetwood8272/
Chestwood824/
Kitwood8070/
Hetwood802/
Cheathwood781/
Hestwood7587/
Chittwad752/
Cheatwod751/
Chetwodd751/
Heathwood71585/
Sheatwood712/
Sheetwood711/
Heastwood711/
Chitwat6791/
Getwood6744/
Hedwood6741/
Chitwut671/
Haitwad671/

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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
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  • 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 Chitwood
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