Jarwood Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Jarwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jarwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia561:78,7246,600
England471:1,185,49155,443
Wales41:773,63329,106
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Jarwood Last Name Facts

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

Jarwood is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jarwood? popularity and diffusion

Jarwood is the 1,727,723rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Jarwood are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 78,724. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 32 percent are found, Sinoe County, where 27 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 23 percent are found. Not including Liberia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 42 percent are found and Wales, where 4 percent are found.

Jarwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jarwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Jarwood surname increased 427 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jarwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Jarwood surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yarwood864,101/
Zarwood861/
Sarwood860/
Hearwood8013/
Earwwood801/
Yarewood801/
Gearwood801/
Eearwood800/
Jarwad773/
Hiarewood751/
Sorwood7147/
Corwood7143/
Hjarwad712/
Jasrwad711/
Earwwod711/
Yarwwod711/

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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 Jarwood
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