Kirkwood is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kirkwood
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kirkwood

How popular is Kirkwood?

Kirkwood is common in South Africa.

Kirkwood is ranked 23387 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kirkwood bearers increased by 3.13401 per cent in 2010 US census to 8227 since 2000, the surname slipped by 205 spots and ranked at 4320. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.52 69.07
Black 28.36 27.15
Others 2.25 1.69
Hispanic or Latino 1.98 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.49
Kirkwood is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 21999 people have been found who wears Kirkwood as their family name. Kirkwood is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
7,031 China6
20,541 Peru3
78,945 Argentina3
10,686 Costa Rica3
54,135 Philippines2
13,552 Qatar2
1,235 Belize2
4,231 Jamaica2
21,529 Singapore2
50,640 Switzerland2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
18,625 Japan2
124,220 Italy2
40,256 Mexico2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,848 Madagascar2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,704,541 India1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,314 Bolivia1
810,193 Indonesia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
13,447 Uganda1
6,820 Angola1
91,024 Belgium1
169,904 Brazil1
49,101 Denmark1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
2,057 Isle of Man1
3,071 Jersey1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
2,057 Myanmar1
47,891 Norway1
9,591 Panama1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
2,613 The Bahamas1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
47,615 Spain41
32,811 Sweden29
3,338 Thailand27
62,494 Netherlands22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,308 Ireland82
117,149 France73
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
Countries with hundreds of Kirkwood:
1,364 New Zealand540
952 Northern Ireland334
43,536 Germany235
1,747 Wales226
7,193 Chile135
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Kirkwood:
4,190 United States9,575
2,315 England3,436
1,308 Australia2,418
2,937 Canada1,633
547 Scotland1,569
4,773 South Africa1,370
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman William Kirkwood from Ireland aboard the Henry Pottinger from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on July 5, 1849. Peter Kirkwood, aged 14, 22 years old Margaret Kirkwood, 22 years old Elizabeth-Mrs. Kirkwood, William Kirkwood (20) Miller, 23 years old Rachel Kirkwood, N. Kirkwood (9), Workman Thomas Kirkwood, Immigrant Anna Kirkwood, and 12 other Kirkwood around 37.5% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin and Belfast.

Kirkwood Namesakes

  • Antoinette Kirkwood, Composer
  • Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Politician
  • Lucy Kirkwood, Playwright
  • Curt Kirkwood, Singer
  • Samuel J. Kirkwood, Former American senator
  • Bryan Kirkwood, Television producer
  • Cammie Kirkwood, Cody Hendrickson's mother
  • Carol Kirkwood, Presenter
  • James Kirkwood, Sr., Actor
  • Cris Kirkwood, Musician

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