Heywood Surname

30,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guyana

Heywood 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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Heywood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,0971:6,8811,000
United States4,2341:85,6079,678
Australia2,3371:11,5511,696
Canada8101:45,4885,605
New Zealand4291:10,5561,838
Jamaica3531:8,130935
Wales2681:11,5471,284
Guyana2271:3,358621
Scotland1531:34,9923,430
South Africa1221:444,08037,713
France851:781,44495,071
Ireland681:69,2494,373
Trinidad and Tobago551:24,8002,724
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Northern Ireland421:43,9293,909
Zimbabwe401:385,95635,257
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
United States Virgin Islands301:3,679609
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Panama81:489,0328,962
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
India51:153,413,076951,030
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Malta41:107,5681,849
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
China41:341,830,39216,990
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Jersey11:99,2026,620
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,8821:4,144610
Wales901:17,4271,032
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Jersey81:6,4851,119
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0091:49,7715,659

Heywood (429) may also be a first name.

Heywood 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) Dweller at 1 the High Wood [Middle English hey, Old English heáh+M.E. wo(o)de, O.E. wudu] 2 the Hay-Wood: v. Haywood.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Heywood (high or enclosed wood), the name of places in Lancashire and Wiltshire; dweller in, or near, an enclosed wood.

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

A town and chapelry in co. Lancaster. Heywood Hall was long the residence of the ancestors of the baronet's family.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Ewood, the name of the family property in Lancashire. Peter Heywood, whose English estates were confiscated by the Parliament in 1643, came to reside in the island in that year. His son became governor, and the family attained to considerable power and influence in the island.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Heywood Last Name Facts

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

Heywood occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Heywood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heywood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Heywood is the 30,357th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 414,018 people. The last name Heywood is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Heywood live; 49 percent live in Northern Europe and 49 percent live in British Isles. Heywood is also the 414,511th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 429 people.

The last name Heywood is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 8,097 people, or 1 in 6,881. In England Heywood is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 25 percent reside, Greater London, where 7 percent reside and Lancashire, where 6 percent reside. Not including England this surname exists in 74 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Heywood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Heywood has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 138 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 420 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 298 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 6,800 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Heywood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Heywood surname are 8.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.07% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Heywood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.6% more than the national average, earning R 379,260 per year; in United States they earn 4.17% more than the national average, earning $44,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.48% more than the national average, earning $52,902 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Hywood92186/
Hewood929/
Eywood921/
Heywod920/
Haywood8643,266/
Heawood86177/
Hoywood863/
Haewood861/
Hehwood861/
Heywodd861/
Eyewood861/
Ewood835/
Hewod831/
Haywoods806/
Hayswood806/
Ahaywood802/
Hesswood800/
Hawood7714/
Haywod7713/
Heywot7712/
Aywood773/
Eiwood771/
Hiwood770/
D'Haywood751/
Chesswood750/
Ewod7335/
Hawgood71496/
Haswood7179/
Esswood7171/
Eywoudt7118/
Haywwod716/
Heywote714/
Easwood713/
Jeewood712/
Ajywood711/
Aaywood711/
Haiwood711/
Haywodd711/
Heswodt711/
Chiwood711/
Ishwood710/
Hawoods710/
Hawod67374/
Hewad67363/
Hewot6786/
Awood6758/
Chaiwood678/
Ewoud676/
Hebod674/
Hevod672/
Ewoot672/
Ehwod671/
Ebood671/
Ewodt671/
Jewod671/
Iwood670/

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