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 most common in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Herewood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Herewood reside; 33 percent reside in South America and 28 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is most common in: Buckinghamshire, where 80 percent reside and Greater London, where 20 percent reside. Excluding England it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Cuba, where 22 percent reside and Guyana, where 11 percent reside.

Herewood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Herewood has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Herewood surname rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Herewood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Herewood last name 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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