Herewood Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guyana

Herewood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herewood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Suriname11:552,6169,664
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Herewood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Herewood is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Herewood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Herewood occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Herewood live; 33 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in British Isles.

Herewood is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is most common in: Buckinghamshire, where 80 percent live and Greater London, where 20 percent live. Aside from England this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Cuba, where 22 percent live and Guyana, where 11 percent live.

Herewood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Herewood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Herewood last name grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Herewood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harewood885,087/
Horewood8847/
Hirewood881/
Cherywood821/
Harrewood821/
Hariwood751/
Cherewad751/
Harywood750/
Harawood750/
Harrawood71244/
Hereboudt711/
Chetrewad711/
Harrowood710/
Herreboudt6769/
Arowood6756/
Hirewad6713/
Herawad675/
Earewad674/
Harewad671/

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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 Herewood
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