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Woodward

in Michigan

There are 1,146 people with the last name "Woodward" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Woodward 734
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  1. is 730th most common Floyd
  2. is 731st most common Pierson
  3. is 732nd most common Shields
  4. is 733rd most common Goodrich
  5. is 734th most common Woodward
  6. is 735th most common Hendricks
  7. is 736th most common Oneil
  8. is 737th most common Lindsay
  9. is 738th most common Wyatt

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

Robert, David, William, James, John, Thomas, Donna, Kenneth, Mary

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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