Last Name REDWOOD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Redwood.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	28,049 (2000 US census)	21,297 (1990 US census)

Count	804 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

37.06%, or 298 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
55.1%, or 443 total occurrences, as black,
1.12%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.24%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.36%, or 19 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.11%, or 25 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

Please, send us any information you may have about addition two character first names and especially ...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...