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 | 4 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 3 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 109 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 14 |
| Derbyshire | 241 |
| Devon | 11 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 104 |
| Essex | 87 |
| Gloucestershire | 8 |
| Hampshire | 17 |
| Herefordshire | 6 |
| Hertfordshire | 3 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 7 |
| Kent | 20 |
| Lancashire | 1,205 |
| Leicestershire | 31 |
| Lincolnshire | 188 |
| London | 268 |
| Middlesex | 91 |
| Northumberland | 18 |
| Norfolk | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 10 |
| Nottinghamshire | 346 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 5 |
| Somerset | 4 |
| Surrey | 21 |
| Sussex | 31 |
| Staffordshire | 86 |
| Warwickshire | 52 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 2 |
| Worcestershire | 11 |
| Yorkshire | 3,593 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 4 |
| Carmarthenshire | 8 |
| Denbighshire | 3 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 11 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 5 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 491 |
| Cotton Weaver | 81 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 62 |
| Weaver | 54 |
| Labourer | 42 |
| Private Means | 40 |
| At Home | 32 |
| Dressmaker | 27 |
| Clerk | 24 |
| None | 23 |
| Housekeeper | 23 |
| General Labourer | 23 |
| At School | 22 |
| School Boy | 22 |
| House Keeper | 20 |
| Carter | 19 |
| Scholar | 18 |
| Shop Assistant | 17 |
| Farmer | 16 |
| Butcher | 16 |
| Woollen Weaver | 16 |
| Worsted Spinner | 15 |
| Coal Miner (hewer) | 14 |
| Farm Labourer | 14 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 13 |
| 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 |