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Woodward

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,254 people with the last name "Woodward" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Woodward 845
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  1. is 841st most common Benjamin
  2. is 842nd most common Hanson
  3. is 843rd most common Daley
  4. is 844th most common Lombardo
  5. is 845th most common Woodward
  6. is 846th most common Oneil
  7. is 847th most common Springer
  8. is 848th most common Stark
  9. is 849th most common Dickson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

John, William, James, Robert, David, Mark, Donald, Michael, Mary, Richard

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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