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Woodward

in New York

There are 1,213 people with the last name "Woodward" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Woodward 1,243
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  1. is 1,239th most common Boyer
  2. is 1,240th most common Finkelstein
  3. is 1,241st most common Scanlon
  4. is 1,242nd most common Drew
  5. is 1,243rd most common Woodward
  6. is 1,244th most common Hendrickson
  7. is 1,245th most common Cohn
  8. is 1,246th most common Keating
  9. is 1,247th most common Fagan

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

David, John, William, Michael, Robert, Patricia, James, Richard, Donald, Linda

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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