Garwood Surname

52,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,779 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Garwood Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Garwood =?the Fir- Wood. [Old English gyr+wudu]

Garwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9561:73,1358,435
England2,8991:19,2202,743
Australia7771:34,7444,576
Jamaica5131:5,594717
Canada2091:176,29517,615
Wales1251:24,7562,599
Northern Ireland681:27,1332,940
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Scotland261:205,91610,908
France111:6,038,429280,838
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Norway71:734,61250,907
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Uruguay31:1,143,91935,564
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4351:16,9862,474
Wales271:58,0892,880
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Jersey11:51,8823,898
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4401:34,8744,150

Garwood (161) may also be a first name.

Garwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Garwood =?the Fir- Wood. [Old English gyr+wudu]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) belonging to Garwood =?the Fir- Wood. [Old English gyr+wudu]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Garswood; a location name in Lancashire.

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

Garwood Last Name Facts

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

Garwood (Arabic: جارود) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garwood? popularity and diffusion

Garwood is the 52,337th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 745,224 people. The surname Garwood occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Garwood are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Garwood is also the 722,635th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 161 people.

The surname Garwood is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4,956 people, or 1 in 73,135. In The United States Garwood is most numerous in: Indiana, where 8 percent live, Ohio, where 8 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in England, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Garwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Garwood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Garwood last name grew 344 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 463 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Garwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Garwood surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Garwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.94% less than the national average, earning 301,295 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 111.05% more than the national average, earning R 501,528 per year; in United States they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $45,181 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.82% less than the national average, earning $49,278 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garwwood931/
Garrwood930/
Gasrwood930/
Garwod923/
Gorwood86139/
Gerwood869/
Garwoodová823/
Garwad7730/
Garbod771/
Garboud7172/
Gharwad716/
Gaurwad715/
Gairwad712/
Garbooth671/

Garwood Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garwood in the Arabic language
جارودjarwd-

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