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Woodward

in South Carolina

There are 776 people with the last name "Woodward" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Woodward 688
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  1. is 684th most common Monroe
  2. is 685th most common Suber
  3. is 686th most common Walsh
  4. is 687th most common Cleveland
  5. is 688th most common Woodward
  6. is 689th most common Dunbar
  7. is 690th most common Trotter
  8. is 691st most common Ball
  9. is 692nd most common Browning

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, William, John, David, Michael, Robert, Linda, Mary, Betty, 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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