Woodwood Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Israel

Woodwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woodwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
Israel91:950,84857,975
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Woodwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woodwood is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodwood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Woodwood occurs mostly in Asia, where 33 percent of Woodwood live; 28 percent live in Northern Europe and 28 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England it is mostly found in: Staffordshire, where 22 percent live, Kent, where 11 percent live and Lancashire, where 11 percent live. Outside of England this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.

Woodwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woodwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Woodwood last name declined 69 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woodwoods940/
Wodwod8611/
Woodwo861/
Woodwad803/
Wadwood801/
Woodwoth753/
Wodwud718/
Wodwot713/
Woodwa711/
Woudwo711/
Woodwoith710/
Woodboy671/

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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 Woodwood
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