Underwood Surname

5,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97,326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Underwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the under-wood,' living at the foot of the wood.

Robert Underwode, Close Rolls, 33 Henry III.

John Underwode, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh Underwod, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Underwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States73,0941:4,959548
England13,4231:4,151558
Australia3,9221:6,8831,006
Canada2,2381:16,4642,382
New Zealand6701:6,7591,134
Wales5751:5,382593
Bahamas5331:735143
Fiji5031:1,778254
South Africa4631:117,01413,941
Scotland2921:18,3352,191
Argentina1311:326,28625,825
Ireland1121:42,0443,251
Thailand1121:630,700106,838
Germany821:981,77468,040
Japan751:1,704,59125,810
Seychelles591:1,566351
Spain591:792,40732,853
France571:1,165,311123,217
Panama561:69,8623,012
Malaysia551:536,25926,457
Belize521:6,8361,060
Guyana451:16,9382,216
Luxembourg431:13,5012,808
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Northern Ireland371:49,8664,222
Guam371:4,328556
Nicaragua371:162,7322,305
Mexico321:3,878,94425,867
Isle of Man271:3,179679
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Saint Kitts and Nevis201:2,760392
Costa Rica191:251,5832,896
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Antigua and Barbuda151:6,611774
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
China101:136,732,1577,199
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Norway91:571,36544,190
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Gibraltar61:5,659991
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
India51:153,413,076951,030
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Dominica41:18,973529
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Ghana21:13,510,34623,679
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Montserrat21:2,474299
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1161:38,1893,540
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7,8631:3,100438
Scotland1671:22,4142,132
Wales651:24,1291,387
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,1691:3,813471

Underwood (98) may also be a first name.

Underwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the under-wood,' living at the foot of the wood.

Robert Underwode, Close Rolls, 33 Henry III.

John Underwode, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh Underwod, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Alexander de Sub-bosco, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Robertus Undrewode, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

1650. Married — Benjamin Underwood and Margrett Buxton: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

From the small place named Underwood in the parish of Symington, Ayrshire. John Vndirwode, who served on an inquest made at Prestwick in 1470, is probably the John Vndirvode, burgess of the same burgh in the same year (Prestwick, p. 2, 12). Ondirwod 1507, Ondirwodd 1528, Vndirwod and Wndirwod 1470, Vndirwode 1486, Wndirvod 1476.

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

(English) Dweller Under the Wood [Old English under; wudu, dat. wuda] John Underwode.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Adam Undirwode.—Vale Royal Ledger-Bk., A.D. 1280.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Underwood (within a forest), the name of places in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; dweller within a wood.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A township in Derbyshire. In H.R. it is latinized Sub-Bosco.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. Under the wood.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Derbyshire, Devon, Nottinghamshire.

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

Northamptonshire is at present the principal home of the Underwoods. Mr. Underwood of Higham, attorney, owned a manor in Irtlingborough last century. Richard Underwoode was the incumbent of Barton Segrave in the reign of Henry VI. (Wh.). The name also occurs in the neighbouring counties of Beds and Bucks. In the 13th century Underwod or Underwode was a common name, being mostly found in Oxfordshire, Hunts, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, etc. (H. R.). There is a Derbyshire township thus called.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Underwood Last Name Facts

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

Underwood (Arabic: اندروود) occurs most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Underwood? popularity and diffusion

Underwood is the 5,801st most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 74,878 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Underwood reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 956,749th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 98 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 73,094 people, or 1 in 4,959. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Georgia, where 5 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in 108 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Underwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Underwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Underwood surname grew 555 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 885 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 3 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Underwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (43%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Underwood last name are 16.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Underwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 599.05% more than the national average, earning 2,419,260 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 74.39% more than the national average, earning R 414,408 per year; in United States they earn 5.53% less than the national average, earning $40,764 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.19% more than the national average, earning $50,772 CAD per year.

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Underwood Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Underwood in the Arabic language
اندروودandrwwd-

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Underwood Reference & Research

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