# Yarwood (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yarwood/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 488 |
| US rank (2010) | 44,109 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 632,675 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (452 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Earwood |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Habitational surname from a place in Cheshire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + wudu (“wood”). * Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Iorwerth, composed by the elements ior (“lord”) + berth (“handsome”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yarwood in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Yearwood, Yard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.