Graywood Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Graywood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Graywood Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Graywood (5) may also be a first name.

Graywood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Graywood is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Graywood.

How Common Is The Last Name Graywood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Graywood is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Graywood reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 5,493,085th most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 5 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Poland, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 19,004,374. Besides Poland Graywood is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

Graywood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Graywood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Graywood surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grawood931/
Greywood8814/
Griswood7556/
Greewood7532/
Greswood751/
Grawad718/
Greewwood711/
Grewod711/
Griwodz6724/
Griswod671/
Grywocz671/
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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 Graywood
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