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 is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Esherwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Esherwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,436,415th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Esherwood live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 944,374. In England it is mostly found in: Norfolk, where 73 percent are found, Greater London, where 10 percent are found and West Midlands, where 8 percent are found. Excluding England it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Jamaica, where 2 percent are found.

Esherwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Esherwood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Esherwood surname rose 5,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Esherwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Esherwood surname is primarily 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
  • 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 Esherwood
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