Rockwood Surname

103,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,550 people bear this surname

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

Rockwood Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller in, or near, a rocky wood or grove.

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Rockwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7181:97,48810,873
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Canada2761:133,49913,853
England351:1,591,94567,242
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
Ecuador121:1,325,48716,904
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
China31:455,773,85521,925
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
France11:66,422,722504,397
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3371:37,5614,455

Rockwood (71) may also be a first name.

Rockwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller in, or near, a rocky wood or grove.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Richard Rockett of Dorset, England was settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony's Dorchester Plantation by 1635. He and his descendants used "Rockett" and "Rockwood" interchangeably until the early 1700s, at which point the latter variation became preferred.

- mayorcurley

Rockwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rockwood occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rockwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 103,362nd most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,601,658 people. Rockwood occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Rockwood are found; 87 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 71 people.

Rockwood is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,718 people, or 1 in 97,488. In The United States Rockwood is most common in: California, where 13 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Massachusetts, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Rockwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rockwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rockwood surname rose 278 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rockwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rockwood surname are 8.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.06% registered with the party.

The amount Rockwood earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.83% more than the national average, earning $47,821 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.97% less than the national average, earning $46,718 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roockwood941/
Rockwoods940/
Rockwod930/
Rockwoodph891/
Rookwood88840/
Ruckwood8849/
Rockwodd882/
Rackwood880/
Rockwoodová842/
Ragwood671/
Rancwod671/
Rugwood670/
Reckwad670/

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