Ledwood Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Ledwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ledwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England681:819,38343,863
Wales201:154,72710,755
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Ledwood Last Name Facts

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

Ledwood has its highest incidence in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ledwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Ledwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,980,395th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. Ledwood is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ledwood are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Ledwood is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 819,383. In England Ledwood is primarily found in: South Yorkshire, where 88 percent are found, Isle of Wight, where 6 percent are found and Derbyshire, where 1 percent are found. Barring England this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Ledwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ledwood has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 971 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leadwood9316/
Ladwood861/
Lodwood861/
Letwood860/
Leathwood75259/
Leithwood7584/
Lloydwoods714/
Latwood712/
Ledwoyt712/
Lotwood711/
Lathwood67241/
Loitwood6712/
Laitwood672/
Lithwood670/
Laithwood631/
Letwot622/
Ladwad621/

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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 Ledwood
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