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Woodward

in Ohio

There are 1,201 people with the last name "Woodward" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

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Woodward 892
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  1. is 888th most common Haley
  2. is 889th most common Mcfadden
  3. is 890th most common Cottrell
  4. is 891st most common England
  5. is 892nd most common Woodward
  6. is 893rd most common Bright
  7. is 894th most common Tracy
  8. is 895th most common Durbin
  9. is 896th most common Richard

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, David, William, Robert, John, Charles, Richard, Michael, Patricia, Thomas

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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