Hirstwood Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Scotland

Hirstwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hirstwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada491:751,95159,756
England471:1,185,49155,443
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981

Hirstwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hirstwood is more commonly found in Canada than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hirstwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,736,881st most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Hirstwood live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Hirstwood is most widely held in Canada, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 751,951. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Ontario, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Canada this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 42 percent are found and Scotland, where 13 percent are found.

Hirstwood Last Name Statistics demography

Hirstwood earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 8.01% less than the national average, earning $45,704 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horstwood8939/
Girstwood890/
Hirstwade781/
Hirstad7515/
Hirsted750/
Hirst-Wade742/
Hearywestwood731/
Heierstad6728/
Heiersted679/
Hiristidi671/
Hierstedt670/

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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
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  • 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 Hirstwood
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