Esherwood Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Esherwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Esherwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:944,37447,923
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Esherwood Last Name Facts

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

Esherwood occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Esherwood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,436,415th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Esherwood is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Esherwood are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 944,374. In England Esherwood is most prevalent in: Norfolk, where 73 percent live, Greater London, where 10 percent live and West Midlands, where 8 percent live. Outside of England Esherwood occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live and Jamaica, where 2 percent live.

Esherwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Esherwood has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Esherwood last name grew 5,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Esherwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Esherwood last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Essherwood951/
Isherwood897,478/
Asherwood8916/
Osherwood890/
Iserwood822/
Isherwoo820/
Icherwood782/
Isherwoos781/
Isharwood781/
Asheerwad671/
Echeruo63167/
Echervo631/
Ashirwad5960/
Gesserwa591/
Geeserwa591/
Esserbout56170/
Ashirwadh564/
Ezeruo5393/
Eceruo532/
Echerva5026/
Ezearuo502/
Asarwad502/
Icherwa501/
Asirwad501/
Exherva501/

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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 Esherwood
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