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.
Discover how your Wood ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 324 |
| Buckinghamshire | 368 |
| Berkshire | 346 |
| Cambridgeshire | 138 |
| Channel Islands | 74 |
| Cheshire | 4,067 |
| Cornwall | 188 |
| Cumberland | 760 |
| Derbyshire | 2,697 |
| Devon | 1,517 |
| Dorset | 231 |
| Durham | 4,346 |
| Essex | 4,699 |
| Gloucestershire | 1,684 |
| Hampshire | 1,132 |
| Herefordshire | 438 |
| Hertfordshire | 522 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 36 |
| Isle of Man | 94 |
| Kent | 5,440 |
| Lancashire | 17,895 |
| Leicestershire | 1,748 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,324 |
| London | 12,322 |
| Middlesex | 2,781 |
| Northumberland | 2,494 |
| Norfolk | 279 |
| Northamptonshire | 746 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2,902 |
| Oxfordshire | 237 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 36 |
| Shropshire | 656 |
| Suffolk | 385 |
| Somerset | 770 |
| Surrey | 2,858 |
| Sussex | 2,823 |
| Staffordshire | 6,297 |
| Warwickshire | 3,152 |
| Westmorland | 120 |
| Wiltshire | 217 |
| Worcestershire | 2,143 |
| Yorkshire | 24,140 |
| Anglesey | 4 |
| Brecknockshire | 85 |
| Cardiganshire | 35 |
| Carnarvonshire | 117 |
| Carmarthenshire | 61 |
| Denbighshire | 117 |
| Flintshire | 74 |
| Glamorgan | 1,103 |
| Merionethshire | 59 |
| Montgomeryshire | 134 |
| Monmouthshire | 511 |
| Pembrokeshire | 58 |
| Radnorshire | 10 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 11,006 |
| Private Means | 865 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 728 |
| Farm Labourer | 695 |
| General Labourer | 683 |
| Labourer | 648 |
| Farmer | 576 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 546 |
| Dressmaker | 536 |
| None | 486 |
| Cotton Weaver | 434 |
| Clerk | 432 |
| At Home | 389 |
| Domestic Servant | 374 |
| At School | 319 |
| Housekeeper | 317 |
| House Keeper | 297 |
| Weaver | 288 |
| Shop Assistant | 280 |
| House Painter | 264 |
| Carter | 259 |
| Assisting In The Business | 255 |
| Scholar | 252 |
| Bricklayer | 249 |
| General Servant Domestic | 247 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wood | 43,527 |
| William Wood | 40,882 |
| John Wood | 39,839 |
| Elizabeth Wood | 27,045 |
| Sarah Wood | 24,894 |
| Thomas Wood | 23,081 |
| George Wood | 22,530 |
| James Wood | 22,257 |
| Ann Wood | 15,196 |
| Joseph Wood | 14,124 |
| Charles Wood | 13,324 |
| Henry Wood | 11,932 |
| Jane Wood | 11,859 |
| Annie Wood | 9,336 |
| Alice Wood | 9,323 |
| Hannah Wood | 9,261 |
| Eliza Wood | 9,105 |
| Emma Wood | 8,532 |
| Robert Wood | 8,259 |
| Ellen Wood | 8,214 |
| Samuel Wood | 6,939 |
| Margaret Wood | 6,699 |
| Martha Wood | 6,694 |
| Emily Wood | 6,522 |
| Arthur Wood | 6,398 |
| 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 |
The surname Wood is the most popular version of all its varients