Saywood Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Saywood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saywood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1591:350,42825,285
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England661:369,32422,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Saywood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saywood occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Saywood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Saywood is the 1,073,555th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. Saywood is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Saywood are found; 72 percent are found in Northern Europe and 72 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 350,428. In England it is most common in: Essex, where 29 percent reside, Greater London, where 13 percent reside and Derbyshire, where 10 percent reside. Apart from England Saywood is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside and New Zealand, where 6 percent reside.

Saywood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Saywood has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 241 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sawood92194/
Saywod921/
Sywood920/
Seawood86602/
Zaywood8632/
Shawood862/
Shywood861/
Sawgood860/
Sawod83162/
Sheawood801/
Shawhood801/
Sabood7774/
Sewood7721/
Savood7710/
Cywood772/
Seawod770/
Shahwoods756/
Seewood7127/
Shewood7110/
Sayboot715/
Sayovad714/
Saiwoot712/
Shabood712/
Seawgod711/
Seawwod711/
Seywoud711/
Shavood711/
Syweoud710/
Sehwood710/
Sawad672,287/
Sabod67159/
Sawud6756/
Savod6735/
Sawot6734/
Chaiwood678/
Sahawoot674/
Saiwooth671/
Séwod671/
Sheewood671/

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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 Saywood
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