How common is the surname Norwood?

22,461 people in the United States had the surname Norwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,746 Americans. It ranked 1,596th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Norwood?

Brandy Norwood, American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1979), followed by Vernon Norwood.

Where is the surname Norwood most common?

Wikidata records people named Norwood in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Norwood?

Norwood is /nɔːwʊd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Norwood getting more or less common?

More common. 21,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,461 in 2010, up 3.6%.

Is Norwood also a first name?

Yes. Norwood is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Norwood

A place surname, carried by 22,461 people in the United States.

Pronounced /nɔːwʊd/ 2 syllables Soundex N630 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Norwood is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.

Norwood 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 22,461 people named Norwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,746 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,678.

#1,596

rank among US surnames

22,461

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,520)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,587	Otto	22,558	13,687
#1,588	Billings	22,553	13,690
#1,589	Connell	22,552	13,690
#1,590	Temple	22,549	13,692
#1,591	Boswell	22,540	13,698
#1,592	Koenig	22,499	13,723
#1,594	Erwin	22,496	13,724

Who is named Norwood

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

53% of people named Norwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Norwoods

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brandy Norwood
American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1979)
Vernon Norwood
American sprinter, born 1992
Melita Norwood
British civil servant and spy for the Soviet Union (1912–2005)
Virginia Norwood
American aerospace engineer, inventor, and physicist, 1927–2023
Eille Norwood
British actor (1861–1948)
Charlie Norwood
American politician (1941–2007)
Thomas M. Norwood
American politician (1830-1913)
David Norwood
British chess player, born 1968
Ray J
American R&B singer and actor, born 1981

Notable Norwoods come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Norwood

Norred

Norwood has the Soundex code N630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N630.

Questions

Where does the surname Norwood come from?: From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.
How common is the surname Norwood?: 22,461 people in the United States had the surname Norwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,746 Americans. It ranked 1,596th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Norwood?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Norwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Norwood?: Brandy Norwood, American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1979), followed by Vernon Norwood.
Where is the surname Norwood most common?: Wikidata records people named Norwood in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Norwood?: Norwood is /nɔːwʊd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Norwood?: Norwood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Norwood getting more or less common?: More common. 21,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,461 in 2010, up 3.6%.
Is Norwood also a first name?: Yes. Norwood is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.