Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
The woodward Surname

woodward Name Meaning and History

  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’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The woodward name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the woodward family name as far back in history as possible.

woodward Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add woodward family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of woodward Families in the US in 1920
Number of woodward families
 280-558
 94-279		 1-93
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view woodward census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for woodward records.
  • You can see how woodward families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search woodward census records.

More resources for your woodward family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources