Last Name FLOOD

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Meaning	Welsh Floyed or Flood. The English attempt at pronouncing this name could get no further than Floyd, Flood, etc. Also local, 'at the flood,' from residence at the point in the river where the water is apt to flood. The Norfolk Floods are manifestly so sprung. The last name is not uncommon in counties Chester and Lancashire, and on the border of the Principality. Originally 'Fludd' or 'Floyd.'

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, South african

Rank	1,998 (2000 US census)	1,997 (1990 US census)

Count	16,652 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

81.07%, or 13500 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
14.1%, or 2348 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 82 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.23%, or 205 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.45%, or 241 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.65%, or 275 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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