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Woodward

in West Virginia

There are 180 people with the last name "Woodward" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Woodward 1,446
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  1. is 1,442nd most common Loudin
  2. is 1,443rd most common Lunsford
  3. is 1,444th most common Mcallister
  4. is 1,445th most common Prater
  5. is 1,446th most common Woodward
  6. is 1,447th most common Becker
  7. is 1,448th most common Burner
  8. is 1,449th most common Clegg
  9. is 1,450th most common Dobbs

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

Mary, William, Donald, Brenda, Charles, James, Candy, David, Ellen, Jason

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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