Ormerwood Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ormerwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ormerwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:1,466,26563,675
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Ormerwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ormerwood is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ormerwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,055,934th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ormerwood live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

Ormerwood is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,466,265. In England Ormerwood is primarily found in: Lancashire, where 84 percent are found, Cheshire, where 13 percent are found and Kent, where 3 percent are found. Excluding England this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 7 percent are found.

Ormerwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ormerwood has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 345 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ormerod884,740/
Ormeroid8289/
Armerood820/
Ormrod801,845/
Ormerd800/
Ormerud757/
Ormorod755/
Ormeord754/
Ormarod752/
Ormerdo751/
Ormeryd751/
Ormroyd750/
Armerod750/
Ormerad750/
Armerode711/
Armeroad710/
Ormord6772/
Ormrot671/
Ormard671/
Armrod670/
Armerd670/
Ormrad670/

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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 Ormerwood
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