How common is the last name Sherwood?

20,857 people in the United States have the last name Sherwood, about 1 in 14,331. It ranks #1,686 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHERWOOD

#1,686

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,857
About
1 in 14,331
This common or more
45.8%
Who bears it

Of the 20,857 people with the last name Sherwood, 87.4% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sherwood

#1,684 Hammer · 20,909#1,685 Na · 20,876#1,687 Dinh · 20,854#1,688 Kraft · 20,829

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherwood, most common first.

#4,229 Sherrod · 8,099#46,955 Sherod · 488

Also a first name

As a first name, Sherwood ranks #6,254 of 53,615, with 2,580 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1938, with 120 births. See Sherwood as a first name

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