Atwood

16,708 people in the United States were counted with the surname Atwood in the 2020 census, making it the 2,106th most common in the country. That is about one person in 17,900.

By the numbers

People: 16,708
Rank: 2,106th
How common: 1 in 17,900
Per 100,000: 5.6

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Atwood described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 87.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Black, not Hispanic 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Atwood

Margaret Atwood (born 1939)Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor
George Atwood (1745–1807)English mathematician
Colleen Atwood (born 1948)American costume designer
Jeff Atwood (born 1970)American software developer, author, blogger and entrepreneur
Susie Atwood (born 1953)American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder

People named Atwood with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Atwood

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.