Waywood Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Waywood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waywood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Australia521:519,14839,018
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Waywood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waywood is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waywood? popularity and diffusion

The last name Waywood is the 1,484,726th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. Waywood is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Waywood live; 62 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Waywood is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 5,576,291. In The United States it is most common in: Indiana, where 37 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 15 percent are found and Illinois, where 12 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 16 percent are found.

Waywood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Waywood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Waywood last name grew 2,167 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waywood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Waywood are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Waywood earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 14.06% less than the national average, earning $37,082 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.95% less than the national average, earning $44,242 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wawood926/
Waywod922/
Wywood921/
Woywood8692/
Waiwood8639/
Weywood861/
Hwywood861/
Wayubood801/
Woywod77808/
Wajwod7715/
Vawood771/
Wuywod771/
Wiwood770/
Woywodt71110/
Woiwood7161/
Waiwoot715/
Weswood715/
Beywood710/
Whiwood710/
Wawot6728/
Wywot675/
Wiwod671/
Wawad671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Waywood
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