Leadwood Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Leadwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leadwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:3,482,379114,324
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Leadwood Last Name Facts

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

Leadwood is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leadwood? popularity and diffusion

Leadwood is the 4,908,606th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Leadwood occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leadwood reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Leadwood is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England Leadwood is most common in: Nottinghamshire, where 69 percent reside and South Yorkshire, where 31 percent reside.

Leadwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Leadwood has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ledwood9389/
Ladwood931/
Laudwood880/
Leathwood82259/
Latwood802/
Letwood800/
Ledwo771/
Lathwood75241/
Lastwood752/
Laitwood752/
Ledwos71117/
Leithwood7184/
Ledwoś7111/
Ledwoň719/
Ledwoňová716/
Ladwad711/
Laithwood711/
Lloydwoods674/
Ledwoyt672/

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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 Leadwood
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