How common is the surname Eastwood?

5,247 people in the United States had the surname Eastwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,842 Americans. It ranked 6,470th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eastwood?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Eastwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eastwood?

Clint Eastwood, American actor and film director (born 1930), followed by Scott Eastwood.

Where is the surname Eastwood most common?

Wikidata records people named Eastwood in the United States.

How do you pronounce Eastwood?

Eastwood is /ˈiːstwʊd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Eastwood getting more or less common?

More common. 5,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,247 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Eastwood

A surname, carried by 5,247 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈiːstwʊd/ 2 syllables Soundex E233

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eastwood is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Compound of east + wood.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,247 people named Eastwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,842 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,113.

#6,470

rank among US surnames

5,247

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,170)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,467	Choy	5,254	58,764
#6,468	Vining	5,253	58,775
#6,469	Escoto	5,249	58,820
#6,470	Aronson	5,247	58,842

Who is named Eastwood

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

92% of people named Eastwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eastwoods

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
Scott Eastwood
American actor (born 1986)
Alison Eastwood
American actress, born 1972
Francesca Eastwood
American actress, born 1993
Kyle Eastwood
American jazz bassist and composer, born 1968
Dina Eastwood
American news anchor, born 1965
Sondra Locke
American actress (1944–2018)

Questions

Where does the surname Eastwood come from?: Compound of east + wood.
How common is the surname Eastwood?: 5,247 people in the United States had the surname Eastwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,842 Americans. It ranked 6,470th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eastwood?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Eastwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eastwood?: Clint Eastwood, American actor and film director (born 1930), followed by Scott Eastwood.
Where is the surname Eastwood most common?: Wikidata records people named Eastwood in the United States.
How do you pronounce Eastwood?: Eastwood is /ˈiːstwʊd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Eastwood getting more or less common?: More common. 5,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,247 in 2010, up 2.6%.