Woodruff Family History
Woodruff Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land
where woodruff grew, Old English wudurofe (a compound of
wudu ‘wood’ with a second element of unknown origin). The
leaves of the plant have a sweet smell and the surname may also have
been a nickname for one who used it as a perfume, or perhaps an
ironical nickname for a malodorous person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Woodruff Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Woodruff families
 254 - 505  85 - 253 |
 1 - 84  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Woodruff families
|
210 - 418 71 - 209 |
1 - 70 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Woodruff last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Woodruff Family Origin
Woodruff Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Woodruff
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Woodruff Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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