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Woodward

in Nebraska

There are 280 people with the last name "Woodward" in Nebraska.

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Ranking in Nebraska

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Woodward 489
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  1. is 485th most common Kreifels
  2. is 486th most common Sims
  3. is 487th most common Stanley
  4. is 488th most common Terry
  5. is 489th most common Woodward
  6. is 490th most common Brennan
  7. is 491st most common Hale
  8. is 492nd most common Hendrickson
  9. is 493rd most common Orr

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

Linda, John, Robert, William, Jennifer, Thomas, Arlene, Carol, Donna, Helen

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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