Darwood Surname

530,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Darwood Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Deer- Wood [Old English deór, a wild animal, deer + wudu]

Darwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3801:146,62614,112
United States1391:2,607,618157,688
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Wales61:515,75523,171
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1641:148,63013,165
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Darwood (88) may also be a first name.

Darwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Deer- Wood [Old English deór, a wild animal, deer + wudu]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Darwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Darwood is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Darwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Darwood is the 530,954th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. Darwood is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Darwood live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in British Isles. Darwood is also the 1,017,994th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 88 people.

The last name Darwood is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 380 people, or 1 in 146,626. In England it is most common in: Lincolnshire, where 18 percent are found, West Midlands, where 15 percent are found and Devon, where 5 percent are found. Barring England it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Darwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Darwood has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 232 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Darwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Darwood surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Darwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 131.23% more than the national average, earning R 549,480 per year; in United States they earn 12.97% less than the national average, earning $37,551 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.03% more than the national average, earning $56,655 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dearwood9317/
Daarwood932/
Darwod921/
Derwood8637/
Dorwood8631/
Darbood861/
Darwwod860/
Deerwood804/
Darwad7722/
Dharwad71135/
Darvoed7120/
Dasrwad7113/
Dervood718/
Darboot711/
Darboud711/
Dorwoed711/
Darvoid711/

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Darwood Reference & Research

Darwood One-name Study - A profile of the Darwood surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Darwood 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

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Darwood
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