Woodcock Name Meaning: From middle English 'woodcock',combination of wudu 'wood' + cocc 'bird', a nickname for for a naive or gullible person. Habitational from old English wudu 'wood' + cot 'cottage' i.e 'Woodcote' in Hampshire.
'cocc'a bird that is notoriously easy to catch hense the nickname for a 'gullible' charactor. In association to a 'wood','forest' or someone who lived in or near one.
Discover how your Woodcock ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 58 |
| Channel Islands | 16 |
| Cheshire | 289 |
| Cornwall | 162 |
| Cumberland | 4 |
| Derbyshire | 68 |
| Devon | 22 |
| Dorset | 23 |
| Durham | 41 |
| Essex | 82 |
| Gloucestershire | 79 |
| Hampshire | 60 |
| Herefordshire | 5 |
| Hertfordshire | 164 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 105 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 171 |
| Lancashire | 849 |
| Leicestershire | 239 |
| Lincolnshire | 235 |
| London | 384 |
| Middlesex | 36 |
| Northumberland | 106 |
| Norfolk | 306 |
| Northamptonshire | 63 |
| Nottinghamshire | 247 |
| Oxfordshire | 53 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 105 |
| Shropshire | 100 |
| Suffolk | 74 |
| Somerset | 13 |
| Surrey | 17 |
| Sussex | 18 |
| Staffordshire | 207 |
| Warwickshire | 268 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 6 |
| Worcestershire | 73 |
| Yorkshire | 1,340 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 7 |
| Cardiganshire | 7 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 3 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 10 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 6 |
| Monmouthshire | 18 |
| Pembrokeshire | 21 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,018 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 270 |
| House Servant | 74 |
| Coal Miner | 67 |
| Cotton Weaver | 59 |
| Labourer | 58 |
| Dress Maker | 48 |
| House Keeper | 48 |
| Carter | 46 |
| Servant | 38 |
| Laundress | 31 |
| Blacksmith | 25 |
| Shoe Maker | 24 |
| General Servant | 23 |
| Domestic Servant | 19 |
| Farm Servant | 19 |
| Butcher | 18 |
| Cook | 17 |
| Tailor | 16 |
| Wife Of Above | 16 |
| House Maid | 15 |
| Milliner | 15 |
| Ag Labourer | 15 |
| Cotton Spinner | 14 |
| Cord Wainer | 13 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Woodcock | 3,938 |
| William Woodcock | 3,860 |
| John Woodcock | 3,547 |
| Elizabeth Woodcock | 2,519 |
| Sarah Woodcock | 2,246 |
| Thomas Woodcock | 2,170 |
| George Woodcock | 2,052 |
| James Woodcock | 1,801 |
| Ann Woodcock | 1,511 |
| Joseph Woodcock | 1,435 |
| Henry Woodcock | 1,172 |
| Charles Woodcock | 1,103 |
| Jane Woodcock | 1,074 |
| Alice Woodcock | 917 |
| Emma Woodcock | 862 |
| Annie Woodcock | 824 |
| Eliza Woodcock | 764 |
| Hannah Woodcock | 759 |
| Margaret Woodcock | 735 |
| Ellen Woodcock | 733 |
| Samuel Woodcock | 725 |
| Robert Woodcock | 648 |
| Martha Woodcock | 633 |
| Richard Woodcock | 583 |
| Arthur Woodcock | 578 |