Offwood Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Offwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Offwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:1,857,26974,552
France91:7,380,302306,885
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432

Offwood Last Name Facts

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

Offwood occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Offwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Offwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Offwood is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Offwood reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,857,269. In England Offwood is mostly found in: Greater London, where 30 percent live, Northamptonshire, where 23 percent live and Gloucestershire, where 17 percent live. Outside of England this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.

Offwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Offwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Offwood surname fell 30 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hofwood862/
Affwood860/
Offod832/
Offoot774/
Offodu773/
Offodo771/
Ofod7338/
Hobwood7117/
Offoedu714/
Offodie711/
Ofo-Odo711/
Hafwood710/
Ofodu671,835/
Ofodi67102/
Offot6750/
Ofoto6732/
Ofodo6723/
Offuo6722/
Obwoo6716/
Uffod6713/
Ofoda6712/
Ofode675/
Afood672/
Ofody672/
Ofwoy672/
Offdu671/
Effod671/
Affod671/
Eafewood671/
Offad670/

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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
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  • 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 Offwood
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