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 | 1 |
| Berkshire | 37 |
| Cambridgeshire | 51 |
| Channel Islands | 5 |
| Cheshire | 383 |
| Cornwall | 138 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 89 |
| Devon | 58 |
| Dorset | 17 |
| Durham | 113 |
| Essex | 142 |
| Gloucestershire | 87 |
| Hampshire | 85 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 127 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 72 |
| Isle of Man | 9 |
| Kent | 238 |
| Lancashire | 1,210 |
| Leicestershire | 250 |
| Lincolnshire | 205 |
| London | 779 |
| Middlesex | 87 |
| Northumberland | 105 |
| Norfolk | 397 |
| Northamptonshire | 67 |
| Nottinghamshire | 227 |
| Oxfordshire | 66 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 72 |
| Shropshire | 116 |
| Suffolk | 74 |
| Somerset | 27 |
| Surrey | 56 |
| Sussex | 69 |
| Staffordshire | 313 |
| Warwickshire | 363 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 13 |
| Worcestershire | 113 |
| Yorkshire | 1,752 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 2 |
| Carnarvonshire | 2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 3 |
| Flintshire | 3 |
| Glamorgan | 16 |
| Merionethshire | 4 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 26 |
| Pembrokeshire | 20 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,340 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 162 |
| Coal Miner | 117 |
| General Labourer | 100 |
| Cotton Weaver | 89 |
| Domestic Servant | 68 |
| Farmer | 65 |
| Living On Own Means | 60 |
| Dress Maker | 56 |
| Farm Labourer | 55 |
| Labourer | 50 |
| General Servant Domestic | 45 |
| General Servant | 44 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 43 |
| Farm Servant | 38 |
| Butcher | 29 |
| Blacksmith | 28 |
| Cotton Spinner | 24 |
| Grocer | 23 |
| Shoe Maker | 23 |
| Tailor | 22 |
| Laundress | 20 |
| Tailoress | 17 |
| Clerk | 17 |
| Iron Moulder | 16 |
| 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 |