Smallwood Surname

17,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Smallwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Smallwood,' a township in the parish of Astbury, Cheshire.

Robert Smallwod, Close Rolls, 51 Henry III.

Elizabetha Smallwode, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John Turner, of Smallwood, 1675: Wills at Chester.

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Smallwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States22,7741:15,9152,027
England4,3201:12,8981,905
Canada1,1381:32,3774,202
Australia1,0141:26,6233,622
Liberia8931:4,937600
Wales1901:16,2871,760
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Jamaica1041:27,5962,107
South Africa881:615,65646,403
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
Northern Ireland791:23,3552,670
Scotland671:79,9085,892
France481:1,383,807136,859
Thailand401:1,765,959222,048
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Isle of Man201:4,291899
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Falkland Islands31:1,044221
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Suriname11:552,6169,664
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Malta11:430,2723,380
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland441:100,6796,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,6761:9,1091,362
Wales881:17,8231,046
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4641:14,4971,855

Smallwood (71) may also be a first name.

Smallwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Smallwood,' a township in the parish of Astbury, Cheshire.

Robert Smallwod, Close Rolls, 51 Henry III.

Elizabetha Smallwode, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John Turner, of Smallwood, 1675: Wills at Chester.

William Smallwood, of Peover, 1674: ibid.

Randle Smallwood, of Lower Withington, 1673: ibid.

Still earlier we find the entries:

1651. Baptised — John, s. John Smart: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Of local origin from some small place of the name. John of Smalwod, 1 urgess of Renfrew, received from the monks of Paisley £3 for the lands in the burgh of Renfrew called Beltonland (RMP., p. 375).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

A township in the parish of Astbury, co. Cheshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Staffordshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Smallwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smallwood is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Smallwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smallwood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 17,720th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 233,568 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Smallwood reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,152,838th most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 71 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 22,774 people, or 1 in 15,915. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, Kentucky, where 8 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States Smallwood is found in 55 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Smallwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smallwood has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 657 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 216 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,340 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Smallwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Smallwood surname is primarily Presbyterian (77%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Smallwood surname are 11.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.44% registered with the party.

The amount Smallwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.26% less than the national average, earning 206,735 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 129.35% more than the national average, earning R 545,028 per year; in United States they earn 7.89% less than the national average, earning $39,744 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.6% more than the national average, earning $51,968 CAD per year.

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