Dwood Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Dwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Dwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dwood is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dwood is the 1,518,885th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Dwood are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 89 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Outside of Egypt this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
D'Wood918/
Dwoods913/
Dwod891/
D'Woods832/
Twood804/
Dwoud801/
Dwad6737/
Duod6717/
Twod671/
Dwud671/

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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
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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 Dwood
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