Last Name HORWOOD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Horwood, parishes (Great and Little Horwood) in county Bucks; also a parish so named in coounty Devon.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 75,938 (2000 US census) 63,229 (1990 US census)
Count 236 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.76%, or 226 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.97%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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