Hywood Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Hywood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hywood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1471:183,64418,462
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States121:30,204,911765,334
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Hywood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hywood is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hywood.

How Common Is The Last Name Hywood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,244,200th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name Hywood is predominantly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Hywood reside; 80 percent reside in Australasia and 80 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Hywood is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 183,644. In Australia it is mostly found in: South Australia, where 30 percent reside, Western Australia, where 29 percent reside and New South Wales, where 28 percent reside. Besides Australia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Hywood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hywood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Hywood surname rose 240 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hywood Last Name Statistics demography

Hywood earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haywood9243,266/
Heywood9217,602/
Hoywood923/
Hayswood866/
Haywoods866/
Ahaywood862/
Haywod8313/
Hewood839/
Aywood833/
Eywood831/
Hiwood830/
Heywod830/
D'Haywood801/
Heawood77177/
Haywwod776/
Haywodd771/
Heywodd771/
Aaywood771/
Haiwood771/
Hehwood771/
Chiwood771/
Ishwood770/
Ewood735/
Ehwod731/
Hewod731/
Iwood730/
Chaiwood718/
Hesswood710/
Heywot6712/
Haywad674/
Chybod671/
Iwwood671/
Eiwood671/
Hiwoot671/
Chesswood670/

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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 Hywood
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