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Woodward

in Missouri

There are 760 people with the last name "Woodward" in Missouri.

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Ranking in Missouri

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Woodward 778
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  1. is 774th most common Herron
  2. is 775th most common Roark
  3. is 776th most common Moon
  4. is 777th most common Lake
  5. is 778th most common Woodward
  6. is 779th most common Downs
  7. is 780th most common Hilton
  8. is 781st most common Triplett
  9. is 782nd most common Sweeney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, William, David, Jennifer, Jim, Michael, Chris, John, Mary, Patricia

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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