Whitewood Surname

441,818th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 774 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Whitewood Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the White Wood [Old English hwít + wudu] Cp. Blackwood.

Whitewood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5401:103,18210,844
Australia871:310,29526,919
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Canada441:837,40065,151
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2831:86,1329,055
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Whitewood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the White Wood [Old English hwít + wudu] Cp. Blackwood.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Whitewood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whitewood is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitewood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 441,818th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Whitewood live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 540 people, or 1 in 103,182. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 22 percent live, Isle of Wight, where 18 percent live and Kent, where 18 percent live. Other than England Whitewood occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Whitewood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whitewood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Whitewood last name rose 191 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 589 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whitewood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whitewood surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

The amount Whitewood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 26.8% less than the national average, earning R 173,940 per year; in United States they earn 56.64% less than the national average, earning $18,710 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.27% more than the national average, earning $53,294 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whytewood8932/
Whitewwod891/
Whiteboyd7814/
Witewad751/
Wuthiwoot674/
Wuestewod671/
Bitewad6312/
Vitewad631/
Vetevood599/
Bittewad594/
Vithewad592/
Bithewad591/
Bythewod591/
Vitthewad562/
Wutthiwojt531/
Vitevad5013/
Bitevad5011/
Betewad508/
Witawat501/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whitewood
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