Pitwood Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pitwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pitwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:1,505,89364,828
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:641,45731,575
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Pitwood Last Name Facts

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

Pitwood is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pitwood.

How Common Is The Last Name Pitwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Pitwood reside; 79 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Pitwood is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 1,505,893. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 24 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 19 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 16 percent live. Besides England this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and The Netherlands, where 4 percent live.

Pitwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pitwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Pitwood surname decreased 3 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pittwood93188/
Pitt-Wood885/
Potwood861/
Pitod838/
Pettwood806/
Poetwood800/
Poutwood800/
Pattwood800/
Pitode7714/
Pitoda7711/
Patood775/
Pitoto772/
Paitod772/
Pitodi771/
Pidood771/
Bightwood751/
Botwood71273/
Pitodya7110/
Pitewad715/
Batwood715/
Pitodia715/
Pitotto714/
Pittoda712/
Phitwad711/
Pittdoo711/
Pit Too711/
Patoodi711/
Pitawad711/
Pittodu711/
Paitode711/
Bidwood711/
Peitoto711/
Pitad671,522/
Pitot671,261/
Patod67563/
Putod67253/
Boutwood67139/
Pitwa6793/
Pitud6769/
Pitid6762/
Ptito6761/
Boatwood6754/
Bottwood6751/
Potewoda6750/
Pitodiya6712/
Petod6712/
Potod6711/
Ptoad678/
Pittewad674/
Pitiwada673/
Batewood672/
Pited672/
Bitod672/
Bautwood671/
Patawode671/
Pittiwad671/
Bidewood670/

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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 Pitwood
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