Morwood Surname

431,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 798 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Morwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Marwood,' a parish in Devon, four miles from Barnstaple. Also, a township in the parish of Gainford, County Durham.

William Marwod, puller, 6 Edward II: Freemen of York.

1538.

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Morwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2471:1,467,445100,382
Australia1641:164,60817,026
England1561:357,16725,626
Canada881:418,70036,754
Northern Ireland691:26,7402,917
Scotland391:137,2778,372
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Wales121:257,87814,969
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland371:119,7267,101
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:297,26120,172
Scotland201:187,1617,190
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Morwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Marwood,' a parish in Devon, four miles from Barnstaple. Also, a township in the parish of Gainford, County Durham.

William Marwod, puller, 6 Edward II: Freemen of York.

1538. William Marwode, or Merwodde: Register of the University of Oxford.

1604. Thomas Marwoode, Devon: ibid.

1674. Richard Covere and Jane Marrwood: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1687. George Marwood and Constance Spencer: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Parishes, &c., in cos. Devon and Durham.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Morwood Last Name Facts

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

Morwood occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morwood? popularity and diffusion

Morwood is the 431,494th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,132,263 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Morwood are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 1,467,445. In The United States Morwood is most frequent in: Utah, where 17 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Texas, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent reside and England, where 20 percent reside.

Morwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Morwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Morwood last name increased 2,245 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 190 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 195 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Morwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Morwood surname is principally Presbyterian (73%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Morwood surname are 22.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.57% registered with the political party.

The amount Morwood earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.73% more than the national average, earning $46,053 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.32% more than the national average, earning $55,806 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moorwood93149/
Morrwood932/
Morwoods931/
Morwod9218/
Marwood862,241/
Merwood86244/
Murwood867/
Morwoud860/
Muirwood8011/
Meerwood800/
Matrwod711/

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