Does anyone have this surname?

Question

My surname is Cawood, but i have never in my entire life come accross anyone other than a family member with my surname!

Any other Cawoods out there? Or know anyone with that surname?

If yes, please give me the full name so i can make sure if I know that person or not!

Answer 1

I thought you might like to know the origin of your name.

Cawood : origin & meaning:

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from places in North Yorkshire and Lancashire called Cawood, from Old English cā ‘jackdaw’ + wudu ‘wood’.

Answer 2

Yeah, It's not my surname, but I know someone called Amy Cawood, and there's Sarah Cawood, I think shes a  TV presenter or something?

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Answer 3

I don't know of anyone with the surname,  but I found this for you re: the surname.

Surname: Cawood

This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from either of two places thus called. Cawood in Lancashire was recorded as "Kawode" in the 1225 Cockersand Chartulary, and Cawood in the West Riding of Yorkshire was recorded as "Cawuda" in the Saxon Chartulary (972), and as "Cawude" in the 1184 Pipe Rolls. Both placenames share the same meaning and derivation, which is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "ca", jackdaw, with "wudu", wood; hence "jackdaw wood". During the Middle Ages when migration for the purpose of job-seeking was becoming more common, people often took their former village name as a means of identification, thus resulting in a wide dispersal of the name. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 14th Century (see below). Johannes de Cawode is listed as a Freeman of York in 1383. On July 22nd 1571, Robert Cawood married Elizabeth Campson at Worsborough, Yorkshire, and Thomas, son of Johne Cawood, was christened on September 25th 1575, at Halifax, Yorkshire. One of the earliest settlers in the New World was Richard Cawood (22 years), who departed for the Barbadoes in April 1635. A Coat of Arms granted to the family is a shield divided per chevron embattled black and silver, with three harts' heads cabossed within a bordure per fesse all counterchanged, the bordure charged with ten trefoils. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Willelmus de Cawod, which was dated 1370, in the "Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire" during the reign of King Edward 111, known as "The Father of the Navy", 1327 - 1377. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Answer 4

Join Facebook and search for people with that last name. I didn't think a lot of people had my last name but searched one day and found a ton and a group devoted to learning more about the last name. I also became friends with any of them who also shared my first name.

Answer 5

Try doing a Google search for Cawood, and also for Caywood (which appears to be an alternate spelling/variation of Cawood).

Also try www.zabasearch.com and/or www.linkedin.com for both spellings.  You'll find many people with those last names.

I haven't met a Cawood, but used to work with a Caywood.

Answer 6

I'm a wedding photographer, and I shot a wedding for a Miss Cawood. However, she's obviously not a Cawood anymore. There's also a TV presenter in England called something Cawood.

Answer 7

Depends on where you are.  the US social security death index has almost 400 entries, and I do see that the name is also in the UK.  

Not exactly a Smith, but it is out there.