Norwood is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Norwood
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Norwood

How popular is Norwood?

Norwood is common in United States.

Norwood is ranked 17606 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Norwood bearers increased by 3.611957 per cent in 2010 US census to 22461 since 2000, the surname slipped by 76 spots and ranked at 1596. The last name was found in around 76 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 52.53 55.45
Black 41.38 40.09
Others 2.7 1.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.33 1.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.41 0.3
Norwood is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 29740 people have been found who wears Norwood as their family name. Norwood is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,113 Costa Rica5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
720,003 Russia4
10,542 China4
3,224 Afghanistan3
1,235 Belize2
20,837 Venezuela2
139,444 Brazil2
1,500,361 India2
54,641 Sweden2
10,284 Kuwait2
17,547 Colombia2
12,161 Wales2
1,970 Grenada1
50,549 Georgia1
31,584 Peru1
34,581 Chile1
7,292 Vietnam1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
29,046 Japan1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
7,895 South Korea1
8,371 Syria1
492,292 Ukraine1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,578 Guam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
6,873 Ireland44
66,739 Spain24
11,685 Singapore24
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
133,875 France61
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Norwood:
5,149 Australia581
7,602 Canada547
34,330 Germany303
1,341 Northern Ireland215
3,984 Scotland151
5,525 New Zealand137
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Norwood:
3,855 England1,957
Countries with ten thousands of Norwood:
1,542 United States25,413
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old immigrant Graham Norwood who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 29, 1849 by Chieftain put out from Belfast. 28 years old William Norwood, James Norwood (25) Workman, Ellen Norwood, aged 30, Ellen Norwood, aged 30, 30 years old Ellen Norwood, Workman Edward Norwood, Jos.W. Norwood (24) Workman, 40 years old Margaret Norwood, 21 years old Benj. Norwood, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork and Dublin.

Norwood Namesakes

  • Daron Norwood, Singer
  • Dorothy Norwood, Gospel singer
  • Alfreida Norwood, Musical Artist
  • Katie Norwood Alley, David Brian Alley's ex-wife
  • Annalee Norwood, Ricky Norwood's sister
  • Bev Norwood, Author
  • Rick Norwood, Author
  • Eille Norwood, Actor
  • Jay Norwood Darling, Cartoonist
  • Daron Norwood, Singer

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