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Woodward

in North Carolina

There are 840 people with the last name "Woodward" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Woodward 1,356
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  1. is 1,352nd most common Perdue
  2. is 1,353rd most common Tolbert
  3. is 1,354th most common Harwood
  4. is 1,355th most common Moseley
  5. is 1,356th most common Woodward
  6. is 1,357th most common Erwin
  7. is 1,358th most common Foy
  8. is 1,359th most common Poplin
  9. is 1,360th most common Frederick

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, David, John, Michael, William, Barbara, Robert, Mary, Richard, Charles

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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