Ellwood Surname

63,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,838 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Ellwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Aylward,' which see. The variant Elward occurs in the 13th century.

Robert Elward, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1603-4. William Elward and Alice Godfrey: Marriage Lic.

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Ellwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,3241:16,7622,429
United States2,2451:161,45216,440
Australia9981:27,0503,681
Canada4981:73,9878,368
New Zealand2841:15,9452,783
South Africa1191:455,27538,276
Scotland871:61,5385,001
Wales701:44,2084,243
Jamaica371:77,5663,653
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Isle of Man211:4,087875
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Norway91:571,36544,190
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland221:201,3589,557
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6481:14,7912,203
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Wales101:156,8426,008
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5041:99,64010,124

Ellwood (1,317) may also be a first name.

Ellwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Aylward,' which see. The variant Elward occurs in the 13th century.

Robert Elward, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1603-4. William Elward and Alice Godfrey: Marriage Lic. (London).

(a) Local, 'of Ellwood'. I cannot find the spot.

1609. George Ellwood and Thomasine Orgall: Marriage Lic. (London).

1668. Married — James Ellwood and Elizabeth Wall: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Should no place-name Elwood exist, then our Elwoods and Ellwoods are mere local imitations, and really represent Elward, that is, they are of baptismal origin.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

V. Elwood.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Dutch, Elewoud; from the Flemish, Elewaut; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Ellwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ellwood is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ellwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 63,882nd most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 929,771 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 45 percent of Ellwood live; 45 percent live in Northern Europe and 45 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 216,596th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 1,317 people.

The surname Ellwood is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 3,324 people, or 1 in 16,762. In England Ellwood is mostly concentrated in: Cumbria, where 13 percent reside, Greater London, where 10 percent reside and Lancashire, where 6 percent reside. Other than England Ellwood exists in 43 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Ellwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ellwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Ellwood last name expanded 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 445 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 580 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Ellwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Ellwood last name are 19.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.73% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ellwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.77% less than the national average, earning 329,585 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 119.01% more than the national average, earning R 520,452 per year; in United States they earn 2.78% more than the national average, earning $44,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.26% more than the national average, earning $52,296 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ellwoods933/
Eellwood931/
Hellwood930/
Elwood928,801/
Ellwod921/
Allwood864,750/
Ellwodd863/
Helwood861/
Elwgood861/
Ellwoid860/
Elwwood860/
Elwod8341/
Hallwood80621/
Hillwood8050/
Gillwood8028/
Hollwood806/
Alwood77629/
Elwwod774/
Elwgod771/
Elwodd771/
Allwod770/
Olwood770/
Ilwood770/
Heselwood75499/
Hillwoods752/
Ettlewood750/
Halwood7195/
Ailwood7154/
Hesselwood7142/
Gilwood7118/
Holwood7110/
Allwodd717/
Aylwood717/
Ellwadt711/
Alwwood711/
Heaselwood710/
Hailwood67750/
Alwod6779/
Elwad6711/
Elwot672/
Hislwood671/
Eluod671/
Elvod671/
Aylewood671/
Haylwood670/

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