Yarwood

English

Alternative forms

• Earwood

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Habitational surname from a place in Cheshire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + wudu (“wood”).
• Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Iorwerth, composed by the elements ior (“lord”) + berth (“handsome”).

Proper noun

Yarwood (plural Yarwoods)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yarwood is the 44109^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 488 individuals. Yarwood is most common among White (88.93%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yarwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• doorway