Howd Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

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

Howd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Howd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4411:821,90263,073
England571:977,51048,999
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1511:332,57425,759

Howd Last Name Facts

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

The surname Howd is found most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Howd? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 617,057th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. The surname Howd is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Howd reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 441 people, or 1 in 821,902. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 16 percent live, Florida, where 10 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent live and Somalia, where 0 percent live.

Howd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Howd has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Howd surname expanded 292 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Howd Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Howd surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.82% registered with the party.

Howd earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% less than the national average, earning $42,298 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chowd893,737/
Howds893/
Owd8616/
Chowdh805/
Hawd75522/
Howt754/
Oowd752/
Owwd752/
Owdz751/
Owtd751/
Owfd751/
Uhwd751/
Uowd751/
Oiwd751/
Huwd751/
Hoofd67473/
Houwt67226/
Chowt6711/
Chawd676/
Howth673/
Gowdh673/
Jowdh672/
Hawdh671/
Uhwhd671/
Ohwhd671/
Khawd671/
Hewdt671/
Hawds671/
Howte670/

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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 Howd
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