Kirkwood meaning | Last name Kirkwood origin

Following is the meaning of Kirkwood surname. Family name Kirkwood is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Kirkwood
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kirkwood

Kirkwood is used as a family name or surname in South Africa languages. Kirkwood has 8 characters long in length.

Kirkwood is common in South Africa country(ies).

Kirkwood is ranked 23387 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kirkwood bearers increased by 3.13401 per cent in 2010 US census to 8227 since 2000, the surname slipped by 205 spots and ranked at 4320. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.52 69.07
Black 28.36 27.15
Others 2.25 1.69
Hispanic or Latino 1.98 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.49 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.49

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Kirkwood

How popular is Kirkwood?

Kirkwood is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 21999 people have been found who wears Kirkwood as their family name. Kirkwood is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
7,031 China6
20,541 Peru3
78,945 Argentina3
10,686 Costa Rica3
54,135 Philippines2
13,552 Qatar2
1,235 Belize2
4,231 Jamaica2
21,529 Singapore2
50,640 Switzerland2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
18,625 Japan2
124,220 Italy2
40,256 Mexico2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,848 Madagascar2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,704,541 India1
7,292 Vietnam1
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Immigrants to US

Workman William Kirkwood from Ireland aboard the Henry Pottinger from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on July 5, 1849. Peter Kirkwood, aged 14, 22 years old Margaret Kirkwood, 22 years old Elizabeth-Mrs. Kirkwood, William Kirkwood (20) Miller, 23 years old Rachel Kirkwood, N. Kirkwood (9), Workman Thomas Kirkwood, Immigrant Anna Kirkwood, and 12 other Kirkwood around 37.5% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin and Belfast.

Celebrities having Kirkwood surname

Antoinette Kirkwood Composer
Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope Politician
Lucy Kirkwood Playwright
Curt Kirkwood Singer
Samuel J. Kirkwood Former American senator
Bryan Kirkwood Television producer
Cammie Kirkwood Cody Hendrickson's mother
Carol Kirkwood Presenter
James Kirkwood, Sr. Actor
Cris Kirkwood Musician

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