Westwod Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Westwod Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Westwod Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Westwod Last Name Facts

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

Westwod is found most in England. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Westwod? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Westwod are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Derbyshire, where 50 percent are found and Kent, where 50 percent are found. Not including England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Spain, where 20 percent are found.

Westwod Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Westwod has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Westwod last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westwood9318,619/
Weastwood881/
Wuestwood881/
Wetwood8641/
Westwoo862/
Westtwo861/
Weetwo771/
Witwood710/
Whitwood67552/
Wetwa675/

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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 Westwod
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