Shewood Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Shewood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shewood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Shewood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shewood is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shewood.

How Common Is The Last Name Shewood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shewood is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Shewood reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States Shewood is most numerous in: Virginia, where 67 percent are found, Florida, where 17 percent are found and Indiana, where 17 percent are found. Not including The United States Shewood occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Shewood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shewood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shewood last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shewood Last Name Statistics demography

Shewood earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sheawood931/
Sheewood931/
Sewood9221/
Seawood86602/
Seewood8627/
Shawood862/
Shywood861/
Sehwood860/
Shawhood801/
Sawood77194/
Sowood7730/
Sewoud7712/
Shewad772/
Sevood771/
Seawod770/
Sywood770/
Chesswood750/
Saywood71231/
Shejwad7116/
Chiwood711/
Seawwod711/
Seywoud711/
Shavood711/
Seawgod711/
Sowwood710/
Sawod67162/
Sevod6753/
Sebod6748/
Sewad6715/
Sewot6712/
Chaiwood678/
Sahawoot674/
Sovod674/
Seewooth671/
Ceewoods671/
Séwod671/
Shehywad671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Shewood
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