Churchwood Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Churchwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Churchwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Churchwood Last Name Facts

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

Churchwood occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Churchwood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Churchwood is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Churchwood are found; 75 percent are found in Australasia and 75 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequent in Australia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia Churchwood is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 50 percent live and Victoria, where 50 percent live. Excluding Australia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and New Zealand, where 25 percent live.

Churchwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Churchwood has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Church-Wood951/
Churchod891/
Churchuod841/
Churchot782/
Churchid781/
Church-Howd761/
Churchboy7420/
Chourchot741/
Shurswood740/
Churchyad740/
Horswood67162/
Churchit674/
Cherchot671/
Cherchad671/
Charchot671/
Horsswood630/
Hurhua502/

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Churchwood Reference & Research

Churchward FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Churchwood
  • 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