Woodhead Name Meaning: This means 'forester', possibily taken from the Anglo-Saxon name 'wuduweard' which means 'wood protector or guardian'.
An occupational name given to someone who maintained the forest or worked in a forest with the trees and game.
Discover how your Woodhead ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 3 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 39 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 77 |
| Devon | 2 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 4 |
| Essex | 7 |
| Gloucestershire | 1 |
| Hampshire | 13 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 11 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 24 |
| Lancashire | 450 |
| Leicestershire | 4 |
| Lincolnshire | 83 |
| London | 118 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 254 |
| Oxfordshire | 7 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 2 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 3 |
| Surrey | 1 |
| Sussex | 11 |
| Staffordshire | 30 |
| Warwickshire | 28 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 5 |
| Yorkshire | 2,602 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 2 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 465 |
| Coal Miner | 66 |
| At Home | 60 |
| House Servant | 43 |
| House Keeper | 36 |
| Power Loom Weaver | 35 |
| Wool Comber | 35 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 32 |
| Labourer | 30 |
| Dress Maker | 26 |
| Weaver | 20 |
| Farm Labourer | 20 |
| Hand Loom Weaver | 20 |
| Power Loom Weaver Worsted | 19 |
| Stone Mason | 18 |
| Servant | 18 |
| Worsted Spinner | 18 |
| Hand Loom Weaver Woollen | 16 |
| Grocer | 14 |
| Farmer | 14 |
| Cotton Spinner | 13 |
| Blacksmith | 13 |
| Shoe Maker | 12 |
| Errand Boy | 12 |
| Worsted Weaver | 11 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Woodhead | 2,764 |
| John Woodhead | 2,497 |
| William Woodhead | 2,080 |
| Sarah Woodhead | 1,857 |
| Elizabeth Woodhead | 1,397 |
| George Woodhead | 1,256 |
| Joseph Woodhead | 1,174 |
| James Woodhead | 1,139 |
| Ann Woodhead | 1,021 |
| Hannah Woodhead | 1,001 |
| Thomas Woodhead | 902 |
| Emma Woodhead | 668 |
| Martha Woodhead | 625 |
| Annie Woodhead | 607 |
| Jane Woodhead | 567 |
| Alice Woodhead | 502 |
| Charles Woodhead | 500 |
| Henry Woodhead | 488 |
| Samuel Woodhead | 453 |
| Ellen Woodhead | 438 |
| Eliza Woodhead | 434 |
| Arthur Woodhead | 390 |
| Walter Woodhead | 333 |
| Robert Woodhead | 330 |
| Emily Woodhead | 318 |