Wood Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Wood Name Meaning: Has two possible meanings - from a person living or working in a wood or forest; or from Wod/Wad (Old English) meaning crazy or crazed. This is linked in to a person being violent or savage in a battle.

It was first recorded in 1242 in Hertfordshire.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wood Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wood family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 1,985
Female Servant 1,929
Independent 1,328
Labourer 904
Farmer 804
Male Servant 704
Weaver 428
Shoe Maker 401
Cotton Weaver 377
Tailor 232
Coal Miner 230
Carpenter 224
Dress Maker 210
Cotton Spinner 186
Ag Labourer 177
Apprentice 152
Silk Weaver 151
Blacksmith 147
Butcher 146
Joiner 142
Wool Comber 138
Gardener 127
Pupil 115
Ag Lab 113
Grocer 106

Wood Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wood 100% 662,957
2 Wade 25% 87,141
3 Weed 50% 2,171
4 Wide 25% 1,219
5 Waud 50% 942
6 Waid 50% 926
7 Waide 40% 905
8 Wadd 50% 842
9 Woode 80% 410
10 Awde 0% 269
11 Woodd 80% 236
12 Wodd 75% 219
13 Wead 50% 142
14 Wode 50% 133
15 Wad 50% 132
16 Wood House 40% 129
17 Wied 50% 126
18 Waude 40% 111

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The surname Wood is the most popular version of all its varients

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