Explore the Family Name Catherwood

The meaning of Catherwood

Scottish: variant of Calderwood.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Catherwood in the United States?

The surname Catherwood, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a decline in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 56,687th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 63,068th position, indicating an 11.26 percent decrease. The total count of people with this surname also fell from 337 in 2000 to 317 in 2010, marking a decrease of 5.93 percent. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the surname Catherwood per 100,000 population decreased by 8.33 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,687	#63,068	-11.26%
Count	337	317	-5.93%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Catherwood

In terms of ethnicity, based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals carrying the Catherwood surname identify as White, even though there was a slight decrease in its percentage from 95.55 in 2000 to 94.64 in 2010. There was no recorded change in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or as having two or more races. The percentage of those who identify as Black showed a modest increase, moving from 1.78 percent in 2000 to 2.21 percent in 2010. Interestingly, there were no individuals identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, however, this demographic appeared in 2010, making up 1.89 percent of the Catherwood population. Conversely, those identifying as Hispanic disappeared completely from the data in 2010, compared to the 1.48 percent recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.55%	94.64%	-0.95%
Black	1.78%	2.21%	24.16%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.89%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.48%	0%	0%