Laywood Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Laywood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laywood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1501:371,45426,286
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Jersey51:19,8403,614
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Laywood (15) may also be a first name.

Laywood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laywood is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Laywood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laywood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,290,735th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. Laywood is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Laywood are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in British Isles. Laywood is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 15 people.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 371,454. In England it is most frequent in: Leicestershire, where 61 percent live, Northamptonshire, where 9 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 7 percent live. Apart from England it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 7 percent live and Jersey, where 3 percent live.

Laywood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Laywood has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawood927/
Leawood86101/
Leywood866/
Lawoods861/
Lawhood861/
Laswood861/
Lauwood860/
Lawod8335/
Lachwood802/
Lheywood801/
Liwood772/
Lawoid771/
Labood771/
Lewood770/
Leewood7148/
Lewgood7129/
Louwood713/
Layawad711/
Lewwood711/
Lawad67484/
Labod67184/
Lawot6789/
Lesswood674/
Lawud672/
Liwod671/
Lavod671/
Leeswood671/

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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 Laywood
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