Elswood Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Elswood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elswood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1751:318,38923,763
United States961:3,775,614208,022
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England771:316,56320,927
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Elswood (16) may also be a first name.

Elswood Last Name Facts

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

Elswood has its highest incidence in England. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elswood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 930,678th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Elswood live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 318,389. In England it is mostly found in: Somerset, where 42 percent are found, Greater London, where 15 percent are found and Warwickshire, where 9 percent are found. Apart from England this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Scotland, where 2 percent are found.

Elswood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Elswood has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Elswood last name expanded 227 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 9,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Elswood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Elswood last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Elswood earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.2% less than the national average, earning $34,003 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ellswood9338/
Hollswood750/
Eleswad715/
Elswott710/
Elswoth710/
Ellsvod710/
Ellswoth676/
Ellswott670/
Elsuad62122/
Alswad627/
Eljwad624/
Elsvad623/
Helsvad572/
Elesbad571/
Alswoth570/
Elswhagy534/
Ellswath530/
Allswoth530/
Ellswuth530/
Ayleswoth500/

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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
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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 Elswood
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