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 more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gerwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gerwood are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The last name Gerwood is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 63 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 13 percent reside and Ohio, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Gerwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gerwood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerwood last name fell 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
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