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    The surname Earwood

    A surname, carried by 1,606 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E630

    Earwood: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Earwood #17,530, 1,606 people Earwood: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Earwood #17,530, 1,606 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Earwood is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    Probably a variant of Yarwood.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,606 people named Earwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,585.

    #17,530
    rank among US surnames
    1,606
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,646)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,521Frasher1,608192,006
    #17,526Bessey1,607192,125
    #17,530Kittelson1,606192,245
    #17,537Lipsky1,605192,365

    Who is named Earwood

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

    92% of people named Earwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Earwood come from?
    Probably a variant of Yarwood.
    How common is the surname Earwood?
    1,606 people in the United States had the surname Earwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. It ranked 17,530th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Earwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Earwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Earwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,606 in 2010, up 1.3%.