Greatwood Surname

860,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Greatwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greatwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2001:278,59021,737
United States681:5,330,278267,385
Australia271:999,84158,390
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1001:243,75417,902
Wales131:120,6475,000
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Greatwood Last Name Facts

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

Greatwood is found most frequently in England. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Greatwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Greatwood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 860,770th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname Greatwood occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Greatwood are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in British Isles.

Greatwood is most frequent in England, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 278,590. In England it is most numerous in: Somerset, where 18 percent reside, Greater London, where 13 percent reside and Leicestershire, where 9 percent reside. Outside of England this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Greatwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Greatwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Greatwood surname grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 2,267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 85 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Greatwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Greatwood last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Greatwood earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.24% more than the national average, earning $64,396 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Creatwood891/
Griatwood891/
Gratewood890/
Gartwood820/
Gristwood78429/
Kratewood783/
Greedwood782/
G Redwood781/
Grotewood781/
Garttwood780/
Greated7521/
Garatod7510/
Kurtwood713/
Gardwood713/
Gridwood713/
Kirtwood712/
Gordwood710/
Gredat6780/
Courtwood674/
Gratot671/
Gartod671/
Grated671/
Chritwood670/
Graduo533/
Gradwa531/
Graduat501/
Graduah501/
Gradboi500/

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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 Greatwood
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