Weswood Surname

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

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ghana

Weswood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weswood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Weswood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weswood is found most frequently in England. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weswood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Weswood are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Weswood is primarily concentrated in: Tyne and Wear, where 50 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 50 percent live. Other than England Weswood exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and Ghana, where 20 percent live.

Weswood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Weswood has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wetswood934/
Wedswood930/
Weywood861/
Whoswood801/
Washwood800/
Besswood800/
Wywood771/
Wiwood770/
Bewood770/
Wewo73322/
Waywood71142/
Woywood7192/
Woiwood7161/
Waiwood7139/
Weisbod712/
Hwywood711/
Besbood711/
Whiwood710/
Beywood710/
Weswa671,541/
Wychwood678/
Wesbo678/
Weuwo674/
Weiwo673/
Wewoh672/
Wezwo672/
Wiwoo671/
Wiwod671/
Weawo671/
Wishbood671/
Wewop671/
Wewot671/
Beswo670/

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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
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  • 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 Weswood
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