Redwood Surname

88,215th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Redwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Redwood'; compare Redshaw and Redgrave.

John de Redewode, Northumberland: Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1767. Married — William Redwood and Ann Newton: St.

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Redwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5741:35,3994,664
United States1,2361:293,25227,177
Canada5611:65,6787,612
Ecuador5031:31,6223,796
Jamaica4911:5,845740
New Zealand3631:12,4752,174
Australia3191:84,6269,797
Wales1761:17,5831,911
Luxembourg491:11,8482,062
Scotland321:167,3079,494
Panama311:126,2024,409
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
India51:153,413,076951,030
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
France31:22,140,907385,998
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7371:33,0744,369
Wales651:24,1291,387
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2121:236,88119,844

Redwood (61) may also be a first name.

Redwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Redwood'; compare Redshaw and Redgrave.

John de Redewode, Northumberland: Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1767. Married — William Redwood and Ann Newton: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the Red Wood [Old English réad + wudu] John de Redewode.—Testa de Nevill, 13th cent.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local: place unknown.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Devon.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Redwood Last Name Facts

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

Redwood occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Redwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Redwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 88,215th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,338,147 people. The last name Redwood occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Redwood are found; 33 percent are found in Northern Europe and 33 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 1,257,960th most numerous first name globally, borne by 61 people.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 1,574 people, or 1 in 35,399. In England Redwood is most numerous in: Greater London, where 14 percent live, Somerset, where 12 percent live and Devon, where 6 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Redwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Redwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Redwood surname grew 214 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 583 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 271 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 533 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Redwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Redwood surname are 5.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.11% being registered with the party.

The amount Redwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.59% less than the national average, earning R 22,368 per year; in United States they earn 1.1% more than the national average, earning $43,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.56% more than the national average, earning $51,453 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riedwood939/
Reedwood935/
Reidwood930/
Radwood860/
Ridwood860/
Redbod771/
Ratwood711/
Reeddewad631/
Redvud627/
Redbud625/
Reduad622/
Radwad621/
Redbot621/
Reduots574/
Roidwad571/
Raadwad571/
Redwatt570/
Reidwatts501/

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