Haywood
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English
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Etymology
From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Haywood (countable and uncountable, plural Haywoods)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A civil parish and hamlet south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England, served by Callow and Haywood Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO4834).
- A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9655).
- A community in the Rural Municipality of Grey, Manitoba, Canada.
- (uncountable) A number of places in the United States:
- Former name of Hayward, California.
- An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Chatham County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Haywood is the 1970th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18360 individuals. Haywood is most common among Black/African American (49.08%) and White (44.5%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haywood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147.