Atwood Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Atwood Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Atwood family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 63
Farm Labourer 10
Domestic Servant 8
General Labourer 8
Coal Miner 7
Cotton Weaver 6
Labourer 5
Dress Maker 4
Carpenter 4
Living On Her Own Means 3
Farmer 3
General Servant 3
Living On Own Means 3
Rate Collector 2
Stocking Apprentice 2
Char Woman 2
Police Constable 2
Clerk 2
Shoe Maker 2
Cook Domestic Servant 2
Laundress 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Pork Butcher 2
Office Boy 2
Agricultural Labourer 2

Atwood Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Attwood 86% 20,836
2 Tweed 50% 4,621
3 Atwood 100% 3,834
4 Tweedie 29% 1,107
5 Twedie 17% 212
6 Towde 33% 138

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The surname Atwood is the 3rd most popular variant of Attwood.

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