Whitwood Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whitwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3231:172,50215,799
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
Australia621:435,41534,362
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1031:236,65417,592
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Whitwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whitwood is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 571,325th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. The surname Whitwood occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Whitwood live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 59 percent live in British Isles.

Whitwood is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 172,502. In England Whitwood is most numerous in: Norfolk, where 22 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 11 percent reside and Cambridgeshire, where 10 percent reside. Excluding England Whitwood is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Whitwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitwood has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Whitwood surname increased 314 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 375 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whitwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whitwood last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% registered with the party.

Whitwood earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.37% less than the national average, earning $33,927 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whittwood941/
Whitwoo931/
Witwood930/
Witwoo861/
Whytewood8232/
Wetwood8041/
Widwood800/
Whitwoth754/
Bithwood751/
Weastwood711/
Wutwod711/
Wuestwood711/
Westwod675/
Westwoo672/
Bidwood671/

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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 Whitwood
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