Wood-Ward Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wood-Ward Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Wood-Ward Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wood-Ward Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wood-Ward occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wood-Ward? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name 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.
It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 75 percent are found and Western Cape, where 25 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Wood-Ward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wood-Ward has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wood-Ward last name 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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