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 more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wood-Ward? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Wood-Ward reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Wood-Ward is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 75 percent are found and Western Cape, where 25 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Wood-Ward exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Wood-Ward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wood-Ward has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wood-Ward last name increased 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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