Isherwood Surname

66,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Isherwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Isherwood.' I cannot find the spot. It is a Lancashire surname, originally Usherwood, i.e. the wood of the usher, the door-keeper. The word usher has now a very confined sense. It was a most familiar term in the surname period; v.

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Isherwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,1351:13,4751,988
United States1,4371:252,23323,952
Canada4691:78,5628,814
Australia4441:60,8017,349
New Zealand2451:18,4833,240
South Africa1961:276,41727,312
Wales1471:21,0512,237
Scotland781:68,6395,330
Ireland671:70,2834,402
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
France231:2,887,944200,772
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Jersey141:7,0861,520
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Norway111:467,48139,375
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Vanuatu91:29,253714
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malta41:107,5681,849
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4371:7,0921,098
Jersey241:2,162357
Scotland181:207,9567,652
Isle of Man61:9,045877
Wales61:261,4039,165
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2531:198,49317,293

Isherwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Isherwood.' I cannot find the spot. It is a Lancashire surname, originally Usherwood, i.e. the wood of the usher, the door-keeper. The word usher has now a very confined sense. It was a most familiar term in the surname period; v. Usherwood.

John Usherwood, of Brindhill, 1585: Wills at Chester.

Arthur Isherwood, of Great Leven, yeoman, 1504: ibid.

James Isherwood, of Whalley, 1605: ibid.

1800. Married — Thomas Isherwood (of Leigh, Lancashire) and Ann Barlow: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Isherwood (Lancs), 13th cent. Yserwude = (prob.) Ishere’s Wood [Anglo-Saxon Ishere for Isen­here, lit. Iron-Army; Middle English wude, Old English wudu, a wood] A William de Yserwude was concerned in A.D. 1246 in litigation over 20 acres of land in Halliwell:v. Lanc.Assize-Rolls, i. 7.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Ishlawrcoed or Ushlawrcoed; a location name in Monmouth.

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

Isherwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Isherwood occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Isherwood? popularity and diffusion

Isherwood is the 66,648th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 974,531 people. The last name Isherwood is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Isherwood live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 4,135 people, or 1 in 13,475. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 22 percent are found, Lancashire, where 14 percent are found and Greater London, where 8 percent are found. Aside from England it is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Isherwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Isherwood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Isherwood last name expanded 120 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 568 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 433 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 670 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Isherwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Isherwood last name is predominantly Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States Isherwood are 2.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.21% being registered with the political party.

The amount Isherwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 120.62% more than the national average, earning 763,528 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 180.07% more than the national average, earning R 665,544 per year; in United States they earn 15.37% more than the national average, earning $49,779 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.72% more than the national average, earning $52,029 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ishwerwood951/
Iserwood942/
Usherwood89731/
Esherwood8962/
Asherwood8916/
Icherwood892/
Isharwood891/
Osherwood890/
Asher-Wood843/
Essherwood841/
Usharwood781/
Osherod752/
Ishrd713/
Ishrad6792/
Ishard6730/
Ishird6714/
O'Sherrod671/
Ishrid671/
Asheerwad671/
Ishrda671/
Asherd670/
O Sherrod670/

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