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Woodward

in Iowa

There are 363 people with the last name "Woodward" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Woodward 780
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  1. is 776th most common Heck
  2. is 777th most common Newell
  3. is 778th most common Rankin
  4. is 779th most common Vanroekel
  5. is 780th most common Woodward
  6. is 781st most common Arends
  7. is 782nd most common Beard
  8. is 783rd most common Frye
  9. is 784th most common Chandler

Similar Names and Nicknames

Wood, Woods, Woodard, Woodruff, Woodson, Woody, Woodall, Woodworth, Woodbury, Wooden

Most Common First Names for Woodward

John, David, Richard, William, Donna, Robert, Amy, Donald, Kevin, Michael

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from the Old English elements mentioned at 2).
  • 2. perhaps also from an Old English personal name Wuduweard, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian’, ‘protector’.

    • FOREBEARS Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born about 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).

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