Colwood Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Colwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:1,505,89364,828
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Colwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Colwood is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Colwood are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 1,505,893. In England it is primarily found in: West Yorkshire, where 62 percent live, Cornwall, where 19 percent live and West Sussex, where 14 percent live. Outside of England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent live and Spain, where 2 percent live.

Colwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Colwood has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Colwood surname grew 195 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coalwood9346/
Collwood936/
Colewood933/
Clwood921/
Collywood88493/
Cole-Wood882/
Cole Wood881/
Calwood865/
Colod8370/
Clood836/
Colwd831/
Callwood801,307/
Claywood808/
Calawood801/
Cleewood801/
Chalwood800/
Cawlwood800/
Cliwoode800/
Coelho-Wood781/
Cowley Wood781/
Coloda77192/
Cloodt77102/
Colodo7779/
Collod7744/
Colodi7735/
Colody7714/
Coloto7713/
Clawod7711/
Coloud773/
Colode772/
Colwed770/
Clyood770/
Calllwood754/
Caleewood751/
Kollywood751/
Callawood750/
Cold73176/
Clod7355/
Clwd731/
Calawod711,198/
Colotto71659/
Colloud71437/
Collodi71364/
Collodo71171/
Couloud7163/
Colloda7138/
Colloto7135/
Colodei7121/
Colodio7119/
Colodii7116/
Kelwood7115/
Colodie7111/
Colaoto719/
Colodey718/
Coloado717/
Kholood717/
Coloudo716/
Coloide715/
Colodia714/
Galwood712/
Colloid712/
Colodiy711/
Cleaood711/
Coloada711/
Colodeo711/
Koloody711/
Cowilod711/
Colioda711/
Coloyot711/
Colhoto711/
Colodiu711/
Kilwood710/
Collody710/
Colot674,821/
Golod672,884/
Clode671,295/
Colad67514/
Kolod67362/
Clody67258/
Clodi67245/
Colto67235/
Colda67188/
Cloot67182/
Collotto67168/
Calod67146/
Collioud67135/
Clodd67111/
Colde67104/
Clodt6795/
Glood6758/
Cleod6742/
Couloote6741/
Clodo6735/
Cloda6734/
Coulloud6728/
Colid6727/
Kolawode6727/
Kelewood6726/
Chlod6724/
Could6722/
Colud6719/
Coldu6718/
Galewood6715/
Clwyd6714/
Kellwood6714/
Coldy6713/
Culod6713/
Clowd6710/
Coloatto679/
Coldo677/
Glaywood677/
Koluyood677/
Choulwad675/
Colld675/
Coelhode675/
Coldi675/
Colloide675/
Coltd675/
Coled674/
Kolowoto674/
Colodiey674/
Collodey673/
Colyd673/
Clyod673/
Coualode673/
Clodu673/
Caldweoo672/
Klood672/
Coelhoda672/
Coloutto672/
Clawd672/
Chalwoot671/
Coulhoud671/
Colladoo671/
Colloito671/
Coloiado671/
Coold671/
Glowwood671/
Callawod671/
Cluod671/
Claod671/
Coelhodo671/
Clewd670/
Colloday670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Colwood
  • 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