Atwood is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Atwood
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: At (the) wood

How popular is Atwood?

Atwood is common in United States.

Atwood is ranked 21914 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Atwood bearers increased by 2.136803 per cent in 2010 US census to 17112 since 2000, the surname slipped by 137 spots and ranked at 2114. The last name was found in around 58 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.69 92.38
Black 3.82 3.66
Hispanic or Latino 2.55 1.67
Others 1.86 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.61
Atwood is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 23582 people have been found who wears Atwood as their family name. Atwood is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
541,660 Russia8
275,830 Ukraine8
6,072 China7
13,220 Thailand6
1,346 Bermuda6
7,993 Jordan3
1,500,361 India2
21,929 Algeria2
95,312 Argentina2
723,167 Indonesia2
12,161 Wales2
9,185 Hong Kong2
124,220 Italy2
91,784 Netherlands2
28,365 Kenya1
2,196 Liberia1
8,859 Iraq1
2,024 Mongolia1
480 Micronesia1
53,033 Nigeria1
38,841 Scotland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
169,904 Brazil1
4,249 Cambodia1
34,581 Chile1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,895 South Korea1
36,678 Singapore1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
8,718 New Zealand80
117,149 France73
14,658 Israel71
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Atwood:
34,535 Philippines322
17,388 England317
14,944 Mexico262
50,182 Germany202
15,306 Australia175
Countries with thousands of Atwood:
3,946 Canada1,165
Countries with ten thousands of Atwood:
1,949 United States20,615
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Elizabeth Atwood from England aboard the Arrick from London during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 26 years old when she arrived in USA on January 29, 1849. Of unknown age Henry Atwood, U Atwood (Of unknown age), Mick Atwood (28) Farmer, Immigrant Eliza Atwood, John Atwood (22) Farmer, Immigrant Ellen Atwood, Mary Atwood, aged 48, Henry Atwood (18) Farmer, are other Atwood that migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Bristol.

Comments

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Pearlene Burgard
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of Anglo Saxon words meaning at wood from the forest name specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Atwood Namesakes

  • Colleen Atwood, Costume designer
  • Alban Atwood, Actor
  • Art Atwood, Bodybuilder
  • Margaret Atwood, Poet
  • Kitty Atwood, Actress
  • George Atwood, Mathematician
  • Margaret Atwood, Poet
  • Roman Atwood, Comedian
  • Colleen Atwood, Costume designer
  • Casey Atwood, Race car driver
  • David Atwood characterized leading character of Narrator in 2012 family film What She Wants for Christmas.

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