Whorwood Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Whorwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whorwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England931:599,11935,891
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089

Whorwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whorwood occurs most in England. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whorwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,374,607th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. Whorwood is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Whorwood are found; 58 percent are found in Northern Europe and 58 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Whorwood is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 599,119. In England Whorwood is most common in: Staffordshire, where 14 percent are found, Isle of Wight, where 14 percent are found and Hampshire, where 13 percent are found. Besides England this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Whorwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whorwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Whorwood surname rose 175 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whorwood Last Name Statistics demography

Whorwood earn a lot more than the average income. In Canada they earn 36.05% more than the national average, earning $67,592 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worwood93604/
Wharwood88482/
Woorwood880/
Wherwood880/
Orwood863/
Warwood80507/
Whorrod8030/
Vorwood801/
Aorwood800/
Orhwood800/
Worwo775/
Orood772/
Owhorode7591/
Owhorodu7546/
Arwood712,466/
Erwood71577/
O'Rood713/
Owhoruodu713/
Orwoto712/
Orwodi712/
Orhood712/
Whored711/
O'Harwood711/
Oroodi711/
Oroode711/
Igherwood711/
Whordu711/
Worwoh711/
Ahrood710/
Irwood710/
O Harwood710/
O Rood710/
Yarwood674,101/
Earwood672,232/
Oworodo67276/
Orwodhi67192/
Owhrode6785/
Arowood6756/
Orod6748/
Arrwood6748/
Aworodo6732/
Airwood678/
Eworoto677/
Yerwood676/
Owhorda675/
Verwood675/
Whoward673/
Oworode672/
Aworoto671/
Arwoode671/
Arrowowood671/
Owhordu671/
Aworode671/
Oworodi671/
Iorwdoo671/
Owroodo671/
Eirwood671/
Whorred670/

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Whorwood Reference & Research

Harwood FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Whorwood
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis