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Woodward

in the US

There are 32,046 people with the last name "Woodward" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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  1. is 796th most common Dunlap
  2. is 797th most common Hebert
  3. is 798th most common Walls
  4. is 799th most common Hanna
  5. is 800th most common Woodward
  6. is 801st most common Clements
  7. is 802nd most common Rush
  8. is 803rd most common Camacho
  9. is 804th most common Brandt

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

John, James, David, Robert, William, Michael, Richard, Mary, Thomas, 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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