Erwood

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Welsh cerwyd (“stag”).

Proper noun

Erwood (countable and uncountable, plural Erwoods)

1. A village and community in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0943).
2. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A habitational surname from Welsh.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Erwood is the 133048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 127 individuals. Erwood is most common among White (94.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Erwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 534.
• Francis Erwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia