How common is the surname Atwood?

17,112 people in the United States had the surname Atwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,043 Americans. It ranked 2,114th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Atwood?

Colleen Atwood, American costume designer, followed by Jeff Atwood.

Where is the surname Atwood most common?

Wikidata records people named Atwood in the United States.

How do you pronounce Atwood?

Atwood is /ˈætˌwʊd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Atwood getting more or less common?

More common. 16,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,112 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Atwood

A place surname, carried by 17,112 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈætˌwʊd/ 2 syllables Soundex A330

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Atwood is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.

Atwood is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,112 people named Atwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,043 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,754.

#2,114

rank among US surnames

17,112

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,977)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,105	Mireles	17,186	17,965
#2,106	Mohr	17,180	17,971
#2,107	Ambrose	17,178	17,973
#2,108	Bellamy	17,167	17,985
#2,109	McLain	17,152	18,001
#2,110	Greco	17,150	18,003
#2,111	Zimmer	17,146	18,007

Who is named Atwood

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Atwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Atwoods

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Colleen Atwood
American costume designer, born 1948
Jeff Atwood
American software developer, author, blogger and entrepreneur, born 1970
Susie Atwood
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, born 1953
Eden Atwood
American actor and singer, born 1969
Roman Atwood
American YouTube personality, born 1983
Duncan Atwood
American javelin thrower, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Attwood

Atwood has the Soundex code A330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A330.

Questions

How common is the surname Atwood?: 17,112 people in the United States had the surname Atwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,043 Americans. It ranked 2,114th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Atwood?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Atwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Atwood?: Colleen Atwood, American costume designer, followed by Jeff Atwood.
Where is the surname Atwood most common?: Wikidata records people named Atwood in the United States.
How do you pronounce Atwood?: Atwood is /ˈætˌwʊd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Atwood?: Atwood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Atwood getting more or less common?: More common. 16,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,112 in 2010, up 2.1%.
What are other spellings of Atwood?: Attwood.