Elwood Surname
Approximately 8,801 people bear this surname
Elwood 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.
Read More About This SurnameElwood Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,958 | 1:52,092 | 6,270 |
| England | 748 | 1:74,489 | 8,468 |
| Canada | 380 | 1:96,962 | 10,547 |
| Northern Ireland | 241 | 1:7,656 | 1,307 |
| New Zealand | 103 | 1:43,964 | 7,284 |
| Ireland | 102 | 1:46,166 | 3,435 |
| Australia | 102 | 1:264,664 | 24,097 |
| Scotland | 41 | 1:130,581 | 8,115 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Lebanon | 16 | 1:352,318 | 10,901 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Jamaica | 8 | 1:358,743 | 8,527 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1:2,454,069 | 61,891 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 325 | 1:13,630 | 1,793 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 557 | 1:43,762 | 5,463 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,565 | 1:32,089 | 3,861 |
Elwood (16,393) may also be a first name.
Elwood 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.
(English) 1 belonging to Elwood (? where) [Old English wudu, a wood; for the first element v. under Elwell] 2 for Elward: v. Aylward.
Several tenants in chief in Domesd. are called Alwoldus or Aldwold, a contraction of the Anglo-Saxon AEthelwald. Ellis, Introd. i. 373. A border clan of Elwood existed temp. Elizabeth. In a MS. tract copied in Archaeologia, XXII., 168, it is stated in reference to Liddesdale, that "the strength of this country consisteth in two surnames of Armestronges and Elwoodes."
Elwood or Ellwood was the name of a border clan in __ reign of Elizabeth (L.).
Elwood Demographics
Average Elwood Salary in
United States
$43,784 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elwood Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elwood Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elwood is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Elwood click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elwood? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elwood is the 57,526th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 828,036 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Elwood are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 43,663rd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 16,393 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 6,958 people, or 1 in 52,092. In The United States Elwood is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Beside The United States Elwood is found in 45 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Elwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Elwood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Elwood surname increased 445 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 69 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 820 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Elwood Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (55%) in Ireland and Maronite (88%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Elwood surname are 16.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.89% registered with the party.
The amount Elwood earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.47% more than the national average, earning $43,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.41% more than the national average, earning $55,353 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellwood | 92 | 7,838 | / |
| Elwgood | 92 | 1 | / |
| Helwood | 92 | 1 | / |
| Elwwood | 92 | 0 | / |
| Elwod | 91 | 41 | / |
| Ellwoods | 86 | 3 | / |
| Eellwood | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hellwood | 86 | 0 | / |
| Alwood | 83 | 629 | / |
| Elwwod | 83 | 4 | / |
| Elwgod | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elwodd | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ellwod | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ilwood | 83 | 0 | / |
| Olwood | 83 | 0 | / |
| Heselwood | 80 | 499 | / |
| Ettlewood | 80 | 0 | / |
| Allwood | 77 | 4,750 | / |
| Halwood | 77 | 95 | / |
| Ailwood | 77 | 54 | / |
| Gilwood | 77 | 18 | / |
| Holwood | 77 | 10 | / |
| Aylwood | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ellwodd | 77 | 3 | / |
| Alwwood | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ellwoid | 77 | 0 | / |
| Hesselwood | 75 | 42 | / |
| Heaselwood | 75 | 0 | / |
| Alwod | 73 | 79 | / |
| Elwad | 73 | 11 | / |
| Elwot | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eluod | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elvod | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hailwood | 71 | 750 | / |
| Hallwood | 71 | 621 | / |
| Hillwood | 71 | 50 | / |
| Gillwood | 71 | 28 | / |
| Hollwood | 71 | 6 | / |
| Hislwood | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aylewood | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haylwood | 71 | 0 | / |
| Elvoid | 67 | 16 | / |
| Elwahd | 67 | 9 | / |
| Elwott | 67 | 9 | / |
| Elwoth | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hillwoods | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alwoud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elboud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehlwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ittlewood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heselwwod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elwoit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eelbod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alvood | 67 | 0 | / |
| Haylewood | 67 | 0 | / |
| Allwod | 67 | 0 | / |
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