Southwood Surname

144,971st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,063 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Southwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Southwold,' a seaport and parish in Suffolk, in mediaeval times frequently described as Southwood. In the Hundred Rolls (1273) the following varieties of the name of the town occur: Suthwald, Suthwaud, Suthwode, Suthwold, Sutwaud (v.

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Southwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1171:324,49329,533
England9421:59,1497,061
Australia3421:78,9359,205
South Africa2951:183,65320,076
Canada1421:259,47624,513
Wales931:33,2753,343
New Zealand721:62,8939,679
Scotland171:314,93014,413
France91:7,380,302306,885
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8291:29,4033,967
Wales371:42,3902,234
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2081:241,43620,158

Southwood (10) may also be a first name.

Southwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Southwold,' a seaport and parish in Suffolk, in mediaeval times frequently described as Southwood. In the Hundred Rolls (1273) the following varieties of the name of the town occur: Suthwald, Suthwaud, Suthwode, Suthwold, Sutwaud (v. Index Locorum).

Roger de Suthwode, London, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1443. Thomas Southwood, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1530. John Southwood, rector of Witchingham, Norfolk: ibid.

1790. Married — Augustus Caesar Manning and Jane Southwood: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 belonging to Southwood; or Dweller at the South Wood [Old English súð + wudu] Roger de Suthwode.—Hundred Rolls 2 for Southwold, q.v

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Norfolk.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Somerset.

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

Southwood Last Name Facts

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

Southwood is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Southwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 144,971st most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,379,218 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Southwood reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name in the world, held by 10 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,117 people, or 1 in 324,493. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Indiana, where 19 percent reside, Kentucky, where 15 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Southwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Southwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Southwood surname increased 537 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 114 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 251 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Southwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Southwood last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Southwood last name are 13.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.59% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Southwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 318.38% more than the national average, earning R 994,224 per year; in United States they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $45,599 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.61% more than the national average, earning $50,978 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sothwood940/
Soutwood940/
Southwoodová862/
Southwoth781/
Southwouth740/
Shatwood711/
Shadwood711/
Southwate674/
Sheatwood672/
Sheetwood671/
Southwath670/

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