Korwood Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Korwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Korwood Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia551:80,1556,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Korwood Last Name Facts

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

Korwood occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Korwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Korwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Korwood is the 2,580,327th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Korwood live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name Korwood is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 80,155. In Liberia Korwood is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 78 percent live, Montserrado County, where 18 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 2 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koorwood931/
Kerwood861,037/
Corwood8643/
Karwood863/
Kerrwood8011/
Karwoods806/
Kerwhood801/
Keerwood801/
Korwad777/
Korwot775/
Kerwod771/
Curwood711,027/
Carwood71151/
Kourwad7114/
Korboot715/
Khorboot6727/
Kourboud671/
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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 Korwood
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