Surname Horwood (Hore 
, Horwood 
) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Horwood is habitual in Guernsey, where it is quite a common surname, Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Zimbabwe. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Horwood is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Hore | Indonesia, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Bangladesh |
| Horwood | Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India |
| william horwood British composer (b. 1430) |
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john horwood British murderer, GB (b. 1803) |
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| richard horwood British cartographer (b. 1758) |
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william horwood Canadian politician (1862-1945), CA (b. 1862) |
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edgar lewis horwood Architects, CA (b. 1868) |
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william horwood British Army general, GB (b. 1868) |
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| alfred john horwood British author (b. 1821) |
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| caroline horwood (1834-1921) (b. 1834) |
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| charles horwood English cricketer (1839-1870), GB (b. 1839) |
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alec george horwood recipient of the Victoria Cross, GB (b. 1914) |
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| stanley horwood South African cricketer (1877-1959), ZA (b. 1877) |
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| arthur reginald horwood British botanist and lichenologist (1879-1937), GB (b. 1879) |
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| nance horwood Canadian Mayor (1896-1986), CA (b. 1896) |
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martin horwood British politician (born 1962), GB (b. 1962) |
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craig revel horwood Australian choreographer, AU (b. 1965) |
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