Wood-Ward Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wood-Ward Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Wood & Ward.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wood-Ward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wood-Ward Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wood-Ward Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wood-Ward is most common in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wood-Ward.

How Common Is The Last Name Wood-Ward? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Wood-Ward reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 75 percent are found and Western Cape, where 25 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

Wood-Ward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wood-Ward has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Wood-Ward
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