Littlewood

Habitational surname typical of Yorkshire, from any of several minor places so called. They are named with Old English lȳtel (“little”) + wudu (“wood”).

Littlewood (plural Littlewoods)

1. A surname from Old English.

• Hardy-Littlewood circle method
• Littlewood's law

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Littlewood is the 34668^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 652 individuals. Littlewood is most common among White (95.71%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Littlewood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 447.