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    The surname Hazelwood

    A surname, carried by 6,567 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈheɪzəlwʊd/ 3 syllables Soundex H243

    Hazelwood: #5,304 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hazelwood #5,304, 6,567 people Hazelwood: #5,304 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hazelwood #5,304, 6,567 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hazelwood is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    From hazel + wood.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,567 people named Hazelwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,015 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,419.

    #5,304
    rank among US surnames
    6,567
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,015)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,301Hume6,57346,972
    #5,302Lowell6,56947,000
    #5,303Copley6,56847,008
    #5,304Hazelwood6,56747,015

    Who is named Hazelwood

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

    82% of people named Hazelwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hazelwood

    Hazelwood has the Soundex code H243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H243.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hazelwood come from?
    From hazel + wood.
    How common is the surname Hazelwood?
    6,567 people in the United States had the surname Hazelwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,015 Americans. It ranked 5,304th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hazelwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hazelwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Hazelwood?
    Hazelwood is /ˈheɪzəlwʊd/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Hazelwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,567 in 2010, up 2.3%.