as a Last Name
- 61,931
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Underwood
Meaning & Origins
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near or in a wood, from Middle English under + wude, wode ‘wood’, or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and the former county of Ayrshire (from Old English under + wudu).
| 527th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Underhill, Unger, Underdown, Underdahl, Underberg, Unser, Underkoffler, Underdue, Underkofler, Undem
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 61,931
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Underwood per capita
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
