Nowood Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nowood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Nowood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nowood occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nowood.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Nowood is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Nowood live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Nowood is most common in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent are found, Illinois, where 25 percent are found and Missouri, where 25 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 29 percent are found and Liberia, where 14 percent are found.

Nowood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nowood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nowood surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noewood924/
Noywood920/
Nowod9110/
Newood8328/
Nawood832/
Nowosd831/
Naswood7740/
Newwood772/
Novgood770/
Newhood770/
Nawwood770/
Nowoć7335/
Novod7320/
Nawod7313/
Nobod738/
Nowad733/
Nashwood712/
Nabood6718/
Nawoot6712/
Nowhad672/
Nowocz672/
Noowad671/
Noouad671/
Nevood671/
Noswad671/
Nawoud671/
Newwod670/

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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 Nowood
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