Holwood Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Holwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Holwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Holwood Last Name Facts

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

Holwood occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Holwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Holwood occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Holwood live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Holwood is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 88 percent reside and South Carolina, where 13 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent reside and New Zealand, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hollwood936/
Olwood920/
Halwood8695/
Helwood861/
Hallwood80621/
Hullwood800/
Hellwood800/
Chalwood800/
Elwood778,801/
Alwood77629/
Holbod771/
Hallwoods751/
Hacelwood751/
Ellwood717,838/
Allwood714,750/
Kholwad7112/
Hasselwood712/
Halbood712/
Alwwood711/
Alwgood711/
Hasellwood710/
Aulwood710/
Elwwood710/
Alwod6779/
Elwod6741/
Holvoote6718/
Choulwad675/
Chalwoot671/
Eellwood671/
Olvod671/
Holbooth670/

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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 Holwood
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