Shorwood Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Shorwood Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shorwood Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shorwood Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shorwood occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shorwood? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Shorwood live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.
Shorwood is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Shorwood is mostly concentrated in: Cheshire, where 33 percent live, Hampshire, where 33 percent live and Kent, where 33 percent live. Barring England this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent live.
Shorwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shorwood has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Shorwood last name contracted 40 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoerwood | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sorwood | 93 | 47 | / |
| Sherwood | 88 | 46,601 | / |
| Sharwood | 88 | 688 | / |
| Shurwood | 88 | 5 | / |
| Sorwod | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sheerwood | 82 | 30 | / |
| Sherwwood | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sherwoodd | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sherrwood | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sherwod | 80 | 9 | / |
| Soorwoo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Shorvoo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Surwood | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sarwood | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sorwo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Charwood | 75 | 45 | / |
| Sherwwod | 75 | 7 | / |
| Scerwood | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sierwood | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saerwood | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shorbo | 71 | 128 | / |
| Shorwa | 71 | 95 | / |
| Chorwo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sherwad | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cerwood | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shoorbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shorwaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shorbot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shorwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zarwood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sarwgod | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shorwood
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