Lorwood Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Lorwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lorwood Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia101:440,85421,753
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Lorwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lorwood is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lorwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lorwood are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname Lorwood is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 80 percent live and Montserrado County, where 10 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
Lourwood9366/
Lorwoo921/
Larwood86866/
Lerwood861/
Lorwo832/
Liarwood801/
Larwoods801/
Lorwuo771/
Lorboo771/
Lorwa67193/
Lorvo6765/
Lorbo674/
Loruo672/
Larwo672/
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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 Lorwood
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