Flood is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Flood
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

The lastname is the form of Tully. Has no connection with the Roman orator. It is probably a corruption of St. Olave. St. Olave's Well, near Lewes, is now called Tulley's Well. In like manner Tooley Street in Southwark is a corruption of St. Olave's Street.

The family name is variant of Floyd. See Flood - The English corruption of Lloyd, which is too guttural for our organs of pronounciaton. Andrew Borde in his Boke of Knowledge makes a Welehman say-
"I am a gentlyman and come of Brytus' blood:
My names is Ap Ryce, Ap Davy, Ap Flood."

Form of Tully. One who came from Tullo, I Scotland, or Tully, i.e., small hill, in Ireland.

Is the variant of Floyd. Descendant of Lloyd meaning "gray".

Dweller at, or near, the place where a stream often overflows; descendant of Floyd meaning "gray".

The English corruption of Lloyd, which is too guttural for our organs of pronounciaton. Andrew Borde in his Boke of Knowledge makes a Welehman say-
"I am a gentlyman and come of Brytus' blood:
My names is Ap Ryce, Ap Davy, Ap Flood."

How popular is Flood?

Flood is common in United States, England, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Iran, Sweden, Scotland, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Kiribati, Wales, Norway, Saint Lucia.

Flood is ranked 13117 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Flood bearers increased by 2.41 per cent in 2010 US census to 17053 since 2000, the surname slipped by 127 spots and ranked at 2125. The last name was found in around 6 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.27 81.07
Black 14.55 14.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.48 1.65
Others 1.78 1.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.49
Flood is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Kiribati is ahead in terms of density. Around 42748 people have been found who wears Flood as their family name. Flood is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Flood:
2,012 United States22,932
Countries with thousands of Flood:
1,521 England5,420
236 Ireland4,032
1,436 Australia2,809
2,149 Canada2,514
5,714 Iran1,493
Countries with hundreds of Flood:
1,306 Sweden644
1,459 Scotland503
1,818 New Zealand433
910 Northern Ireland390
27,113 South Africa198
250 Kiribati171
2,022 Wales164
4,679 Norway154
247 Saint Lucia136
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
114 Bermuda87
7,666 Ecuador85
94,524 Philippines84
49,289 Argentina59
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
222,048 Thailand40
10,086 Portugal38
15,201 Finland32
134,833 Germany29
15,017 Iraq26
200,772 France23
275,629 Russia20
21,213 Chile16
267,947 Brazil15
18,211 Singapore13
73,030 Netherlands13
26,891 Qatar12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,946 Mozambique9
58,198 Switzerland9
36,734 Denmark9
8,933 China8
86,878 Spain8
25,208 Liberia8
9,090 Jamaica7
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Blacksmith David Flood from Great Britain aboard the Letitia Heyes from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in USA on May 15, 1846. Blacksmith Tom Flood, Bridget Flood, aged 20, Bridget Flood, aged 11, 22 years old Michal Flood, Eliza Flood, aged 22, Confectioner Ellen Flood, Catherine Flood (24) Dressmaker, Maid Phoebe Flood, and 547 other Flood around 49.55% of whom were workman while others worked as dressmaker and spinster, carpenter, farmer, tailoress, clerk, servant, house keeper, gardner/grower, manteau maker, mechanic, poulterer migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Cork.

From Germany

Auguste Flood was 37 years old when she migrated to USA on August 3, 1883. She lived in Germany and took Adriatic from Liverpool & Queenstown. Carl Flood, aged 9, Oscar Flood, Philip Flood (2 months old), Sigrid Flood, are others that migrated to US.

Flood Namesakes

  • Martin Flood, Australian quiz show contestant
  • Chris Flood, former Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • Debbie Flood, English female rower
  • Merrill M. Flood, American mathematician, notable for developing
  • Håkon Flood, professor of inorganic chemistry at the Norwegian Institute of Technology
  • Brian Flood, former Irish footballer
  • Thomas S. Flood, United States Representative from New York
  • Michael Flood, Australian sociologist and an Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology School of Justice
  • Henry Flood, Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin
  • Curt Flood, American baseball player
  • Ann Flood, American actress, best
  • Gerald Flood, British actor of stage and television
  • Liam Flood, Irish bookmaker and professional poker player
  • Willo Flood, Irish professional footballer
  • Dan Flood, American attorney and politician
  • W. H. Grattan Flood, noted Irish author, composer, musicologist
  • Lisa Flood, Canadian former competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist
  • Anthony Flood, Irish footballer
  • Toby Flood, English rugby union player
  • Tom Flood, Australian novelist, editor, manuscript assessor
  • Staci Flood, American singer
  • Sonny Flood, English actor
  • Gary Flood, American soccer player
  • Emmet Flood, American attorney
  • Paul Flood, Irish former professional footballer
  • James Clair Flood, American businessman
  • Henry D. Flood, Representative
  • Joel West Flood, Virginia lawyer and judge and briefly United States Representative

Flood Namesakes

  • Martin Flood, Australian quiz show contestant
  • Chris Flood, former Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • Debbie Flood, English female rower
  • Merrill M. Flood, American mathematician, notable for developing
  • Håkon Flood, professor of inorganic chemistry at the Norwegian Institute of Technology
  • Brian Flood, former Irish footballer
  • Thomas S. Flood, United States Representative from New York
  • Michael Flood, Australian sociologist and an Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology School of Justice
  • Henry Flood, Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin
  • Curt Flood, American baseball player
  • Ann Flood, American actress, best
  • Gerald Flood, British actor of stage and television
  • Liam Flood, Irish bookmaker and professional poker player
  • Willo Flood, Irish professional footballer
  • Dan Flood, American attorney and politician
  • W. H. Grattan Flood, noted Irish author, composer, musicologist
  • Lisa Flood, Canadian former competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist
  • Anthony Flood, Irish footballer
  • Toby Flood, English rugby union player
  • Tom Flood, Australian novelist, editor, manuscript assessor
  • Staci Flood, American singer
  • Sonny Flood, English actor
  • Gary Flood, American soccer player
  • Emmet Flood, American attorney
  • Paul Flood, Irish former professional footballer
  • James Clair Flood, American businessman
  • Henry D. Flood, Representative
  • Joel West Flood, Virginia lawyer and judge and briefly United States Representative

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