Gerwood Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Gerwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Gerwood (12) may also be a first name.

Gerwood Last Name Facts

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

Gerwood is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gerwood live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Gerwood is mostly found in: Wisconsin, where 63 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 13 percent reside and Ohio, where 13 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Gerwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gerwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gerwood surname declined 11 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gerwood Last Name Statistics demography

Gerwood earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $36,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geerwood931/
Garwood869,779/
Jerwood86154/
Gorwood86139/
Girwood8612/
Cerwood863/
Scerwood803/
Sierwood801/
Garwwood801/
Garrwood800/
Gerbod77119/
Garwod773/
Gerwad771/
Grewod771/
Gerboud71303/
Cirwood711/
Guerwad711/
Shrewood672/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gerwood
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis