Silwood Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Silwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England841:663,31038,317
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:386,91123,603
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Silwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silwood is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name Silwood is the 1,465,390th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Silwood live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 59 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 663,310. In England Silwood is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 48 percent reside, Greater London, where 18 percent reside and Dorset, where 11 percent reside. Aside from England this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Silwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Silwood has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Silwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Silwood last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Silwood earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.19% more than the national average, earning $54,018 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sillwood93110/
Selwood862,792/
Gilwood8618/
Zilwood860/
Sellwood801,957/
Zillwood80125/
Shelwood8049/
Gillwood8028/
Chilwood801/
Sealwood801/
Selwod7712/
Clwood771/
Shellwood757/
Chillwood750/
Selbood714/
Sellwod712/
Gelwood711/
Sellvood671/
Sillewad671/
Zellwood670/

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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 Silwood
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