Hopwood Surname

42,860th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Hopwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hopwood,' a township in the parish of Middleton, near Manchester. A family of this name, still represented, has resided here for many centuries.

Adam de Hopwood, 1359: Baines' Lancashire.

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Hopwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,2831:10,5471,563
United States3,8271:94,71110,627
Australia1,0321:26,1593,559
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Wales3521:8,791971
Canada2991:123,22912,908
Jamaica2321:12,3701,253
New Zealand2061:21,9823,854
South Africa1661:326,37230,631
Scotland961:55,7694,673
Northern Ireland471:39,2563,678
France291:2,290,439180,028
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Ireland181:261,6089,673
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Jersey101:9,9202,003
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
China51:273,464,31313,838
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,2511:7,4981,151
Wales1621:9,682589
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5391:93,1709,542

Hopwood (16) may also be a first name.

Hopwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hopwood,' a township in the parish of Middleton, near Manchester. A family of this name, still represented, has resided here for many centuries.

Adam de Hopwood, 1359: Baines' Lancashire.

Willelmus Hopwood' et uxor, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John Hopwood, of Middleton, 1587: Wills at Chester.

James Hopwood, of Hopwood, 1615: ibid.

Through younger branches in the distant past, or separate and more homely stocks, this surname has ramified strongly in South Lancashire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Hopwood (Lancs), 14th cent. Hopewoode = the Hope-Wood [v. under Hope, and + Middle English wo(o)de, Old English wudu, a wood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A township in Lancashire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Hopwood Last Name Facts

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

Hopwood is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hopwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Hopwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 42,860th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 599,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Hopwood reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles. Hopwood is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most common in England, where it is borne by 5,283 people, or 1 in 10,547. In England Hopwood is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 15 percent reside, Greater London, where 8 percent reside and Staffordshire, where 7 percent reside. Barring England this surname exists in 63 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Hopwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hopwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Hopwood last name rose 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 710 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 9,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 138 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hopwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Hopwood last name is chiefly Congregationalist (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hopwood last name are 15.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.22% registered with the political party.

The amount Hopwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.85% more than the national average, earning R 465,420 per year; in United States they earn 0.41% more than the national average, earning $43,325 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.01% more than the national average, earning $51,675 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chopwood935/
Hoppwood932/
Hoopwood931/
Hopwoods931/
Hopwod921/
Hepwood8654/
Hobwood8617/
Hapwood863/
Hopwwod862/
Oopwood860/
Chapwood801/
Hobwod770/
Chopwad7152/
Havwood712/
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