Onwood Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Onwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367

Onwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onwood is found most frequently in Canada. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Onwood is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Onwood reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in Canada, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 5,263,656. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: British Columbia, where 86 percent reside and Quebec, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Canada this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and England, where 20 percent reside.

Onwood Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Onwood earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.85% less than the national average, earning $43,298 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Honwood922/
Onwod913/
Hoenwood861/
Enwood8374/
Anwood833/
Unwood831/
Henwood777,722/
Hanwood779/
Ganwood770/
Homwood770/
Hunwood770/
Annwood770/
Hennwood711/
Gunnwood710/
Hannwood710/
Honwad6767/
Ounouhoud6725/
Onboot672/
Amwood671/
Hasenwood670/
Ganwod670/

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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 Onwood
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