Rookwood Surname

414,602nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 840 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Rookwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rookwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica4211:6,817831
United States2361:1,535,843104,072
England911:612,28636,401
Australia491:550,93340,757
Canada381:969,62173,252
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Rookwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rookwood is found most in Jamaica. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rookwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 414,602nd most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,675,650 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Rookwood live; 50 percent live in Caribbean and 50 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

The surname is most commonly used in Jamaica, where it is borne by 421 people, or 1 in 6,817. In Jamaica it is mostly concentrated in: Surrey County, where 83 percent reside and Middlesex County, where 17 percent reside. Beside Jamaica Rookwood is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Rookwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rookwood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,815 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 190 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rookwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rookwood last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Rookwood earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.86% more than the national average, earning $47,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.35% more than the national average, earning $66,749 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roockwood941/
Rockwood884,550/
Rockwoods820/
Rockwod800/
Rockwoodph781/
Rokwo771/
Ruckwood7549/
Rockwodd752/
Rackwood750/
Rockwoodová742/
Ragwood671/
Rugwood670/

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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 Rookwood
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