Merwood Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Merwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand1371:33,0535,740
England821:679,48938,951
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Merwood (11) may also be a first name.

Merwood Last Name Facts

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

Merwood occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Merwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Merwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,032,007th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Merwood reside; 65 percent reside in Australasia and 65 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 11 people.

It is most widely held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 33,053. In New Zealand it is most prevalent in: Wellington Region, where 26 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 20 percent are found and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 17 percent are found. Other than New Zealand this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Merwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Merwood has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Merwood surname expanded 104 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meerwood930/
Marwood862,241/
Morwood86798/
Mirwood862/
Muirwood8011/
Morrwood802/
Mairwood800/
Merwad77250/
Morwod7718/
Mirbood711/
Morwoud710/
Methrwad671/
Mehrbodt671/

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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 Merwood
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis