Harewood Surname

93,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,087 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Barbados
Highest density in:
Barbados

Harewood Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Harwood or Harewood (gray wood or hares’ wood), the names of several places in England.

Harewood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Barbados1,6261:17726
United States1,6151:224,43321,718
England6561:84,9369,320
Trinidad and Tobago6051:2,255389
Canada1291:285,62526,641
Panama801:48,9032,401
Australia741:364,80730,412
Venezuela501:604,08210,803
Ireland471:100,1905,388
Jamaica461:62,3903,274
Guyana421:18,1482,339
Wales251:123,7819,267
British Virgin Islands121:2,633313
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51:22,532985
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Montserrat31:1,649224
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Anguilla11:13,436792
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Grenada11:108,5351,793
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1351:180,55814,908
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Harewood (31) may also be a first name.

Harewood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Harwood or Harewood (gray wood or hares’ wood), the names of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Harewood Last Name Facts

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

Harewood occurs in Barbados more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Harewood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 93,726th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,432,582 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Harewood live; 46 percent live in Caribbean and 45 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean. Harewood is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 31 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Barbados, where it is carried by 1,626 people, or 1 in 177. In Barbados it is primarily concentrated in: Saint Michael, where 33 percent are found, Saint Philip, where 18 percent are found and Christ Church, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Barbados it exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Harewood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Harewood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Harewood last name expanded 16,150 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 486 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 224 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Harewood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Harewood surname are 22.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75.73% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Harewood earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.03% more than the national average, earning $43,162 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.32% less than the national average, earning $47,538 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hargewood945/
Harrewood941/
Horewood8847/
Herewood8818/
Garewood883/
Hariwood881/
Harywood880/
Harawood880/
Harrawood82244/
Harrowood820/
Arowood8056/
Harewad801/
Arrowood755,904/
Hargewad756/
Arrawood754/
Aarowood753/
Arowwood752/
Gorewood751/
Hajrewad751/
Arowhood750/
Arriwood750/
Arrowwood71106/
Arewad719/
Ariwod713/
Arrowhood710/
Earewad674/
Arrowod674/
Hariwad673/
Aarewad671/
Arrowwwood670/

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Harewood Reference & Research

Harwood FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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