Orwood Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

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

Orwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Orwood (6) may also be a first name.

Orwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orwood is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orwood? popularity and diffusion

Orwood is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Orwood live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 6 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most numerous in: Alabama, where 33 percent live, Michigan, where 33 percent live and Mississippi, where 33 percent live.

Orwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Orwood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Orwood Last Name Statistics demography

Orwood earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.77% less than the national average, earning $31,167 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horwood926,253/
Orhwood920/
Horwoods861/
Arwood832,466/
Erwood83577/
Horwod830/
Harwood7737,182/
Hurwood77264/
Herwood77122/
Arrwood7748/
Gurwood7727/
Arwoods772/
Erwod73143/
Orwot737/
Arwod732/
Harrwood717/
Harwoods717/
Garwwood711/
Herrwood711/
Garrwood710/
Orwoth6751/
Arwoot678/
Harwod676/
Garwod673/
Horwad671/
Arbood671/
Arwoed671/
Erwoud671/
Herwod671/

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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 Orwood
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