Haywood Surname

12,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Haywood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Heywood,' a town in the old parish of Bury, South Lancashire.

'The estate of Heywood was granted by Sir Adam de Bury to Peter de Heywood, who was living in 4 Edward I': Baines' Lancashire.

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Haywood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States23,0371:15,7342,002
England11,6211:4,795657
Australia2,9861:9,0411,341
South Africa1,8081:29,9663,856
Canada1,1831:31,1464,057
New Zealand5681:7,9721,358
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3181:35471
Wales2591:11,9481,327
Trinidad and Tobago1911:7,1411,071
Scotland1861:28,7843,020
Guyana1801:4,235754
Northern Ireland1121:16,4742,189
Antigua and Barbuda1001:992169
France721:922,538106,020
Panama641:61,1292,774
Spain611:766,42732,250
Jamaica481:59,7913,201
Paraguay471:153,9733,151
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200
Grenada391:2,783439
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Isle of Man231:3,731815
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Singapore131:423,66918,211
British Virgin Islands121:2,633313
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Ghana111:2,456,42711,552
Barbados111:26,1321,223
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Estonia81:165,22626,217
India81:95,883,173728,828
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Anguilla71:1,919182
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Saint Lucia41:44,6952,207
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
China41:341,830,39216,990
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Belize11:355,4743,977
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guam11:160,1214,893
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Macau11:601,6301,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,2301:3,913558
Wales521:30,1621,677
Scotland441:85,0734,558
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9961:10,0521,295

Haywood (4,686) may also be a first name.

Haywood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Heywood,' a town in the old parish of Bury, South Lancashire.

'The estate of Heywood was granted by Sir Adam de Bury to Peter de Heywood, who was living in 4 Edward I': Baines' Lancashire.

Adam de Hauewode, Close Rolls, 42 Henry III.

Ricardus de Heywode, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Dorothy Heywood, of Heywood, spinster, 1607: Wills at Chester.

P' Richard Heywood, of Hill House, Rochdale, 1590: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Haywood, or Dweller at the Hay-Wood [v. Hay, and + Old English wudu, a wood] This name has sometimes been con­fused with Hayward.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Haywood (enclosed wood), the name of several places in England.

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

See Heywood. Also a liberty in co. Hereford, and a hamlet in co. Stafford.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Haywood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Haywood (Arabic: هايوود) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Haywood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 12,965th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 168,436 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Haywood are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 100,086th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 4,686 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 23,037 people, or 1 in 15,734. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, North Carolina, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 88 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Haywood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Haywood has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 461 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 498 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 423 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 56 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Haywood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Haywood surname is principally Anglican (89%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Haywood surname are 4.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Haywood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.72% more than the national average, earning R 372,420 per year; in United States they earn 11.23% less than the national average, earning $38,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.15% less than the national average, earning $49,112 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hayswood936/
Haywoods936/
Ahaywood932/
Hywood92186/
Hawood9214/
Haywod9213/
Aywood923/
D'Haywood881/
Heywood8617,602/
Hawgood86496/
Heawood86177/
Haswood8679/
Haywwod866/
Hoywood863/
Haewood861/
Ajywood861/
Aaywood861/
Haiwood861/
Haywodd861/
Hawoods860/
Hawod83374/
Awood8358/
Chaiwood808/
Hawoot7758/
Hawoud7714/
Auwood7712/
Hewood779/
Gawood777/
Haywad774/
Hawgod772/
Awoods771/
Eywood771/
Hawwod770/
Heywod770/
Hiwood770/
Awod731,006/
Haywatd716/
Easwood713/
Haywoth712/
Chawoot711/
Ahabood711/
Chiwood711/
Hehwood711/
Hayewad711/
Hayboud711/
Eyewood711/
Heywodd711/
Ishwood710/
Chaswod710/
Haywadt710/
Haywaad710/
Havgood710/
Abood6714,205/
Hawad67340/
Chaiwoot67207/
Habod67139/
Awoot6716/
Ewood675/
Awoud672/
Hawot672/
Ehwod671/
Hewod671/
Gawod671/
Awodh671/
Aywad671/
Chaibood671/
Chayawad671/
Hawud671/
Awods670/
Avood670/
Hesswood670/
Havod670/
Iwood670/

Haywood Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Haywood in the Arabic language
هايوودhaywwd-

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