Woodword Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Woodword Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woodword Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England51:11,143,612252,590
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4601:109,17110,893

Woodword Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woodword is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodword? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Woodword occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Woodword reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Woodword is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 9,538,393. In The United States Woodword is most numerous in: California, where 16 percent live, Florida, where 8 percent live and Maine, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.

Woodword Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woodword has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Woodword surname fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Woodword Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Baptist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Woodword surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered with the political party.

Woodword earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

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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 Woodword
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