Woodhouse Name Meaning: Taken from the Anglo-Saxon word 'wuduhus' meaning 'wood' and 'house' or 'house by the wood'.
A name given to someone who lived in or by some woods or someone who owned or worked in the woods. May have also been taken from a place name (eg: atown called Woodhouse or similar).
Discover how your Woodhouse ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 6 |
| Buckinghamshire | 30 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 14 |
| Channel Islands | 11 |
| Cheshire | 29 |
| Cornwall | 10 |
| Cumberland | 8 |
| Derbyshire | 254 |
| Devon | 42 |
| Dorset | 4 |
| Durham | 52 |
| Essex | 9 |
| Gloucestershire | 37 |
| Hampshire | 80 |
| Herefordshire | 170 |
| Hertfordshire | 104 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 2 |
| Kent | 20 |
| Lancashire | 486 |
| Leicestershire | 55 |
| Lincolnshire | 117 |
| London | 350 |
| Middlesex | 35 |
| Northumberland | 15 |
| Norfolk | 569 |
| Northamptonshire | 4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 182 |
| Oxfordshire | 5 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 171 |
| Suffolk | 11 |
| Somerset | 23 |
| Surrey | 44 |
| Sussex | 38 |
| Staffordshire | 305 |
| Warwickshire | 104 |
| Westmorland | 34 |
| Wiltshire | 4 |
| Worcestershire | 189 |
| Yorkshire | 1,006 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 9 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 34 |
| Monmouthshire | 13 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 16 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 624 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 168 |
| At Home | 103 |
| House Servant | 93 |
| Labourer | 49 |
| Farm Labourer | 39 |
| Dress Maker | 38 |
| Servant | 32 |
| Chain Maker | 30 |
| Fisherman | 29 |
| General Servant | 26 |
| Annuitant | 26 |
| Coal Miner | 26 |
| Laundress | 24 |
| Scholar At Home | 22 |
| House Keeper | 20 |
| Pauper | 20 |
| Tailor | 20 |
| Blacksmith | 16 |
| Nailor | 16 |
| Shoe Maker | 15 |
| Weaver | 15 |
| Cloth Dresser | 15 |
| Carpenter | 14 |
| Errand Boy | 14 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Woodhouse | 3,527 |
| John Woodhouse | 3,184 |
| William Woodhouse | 3,050 |
| Elizabeth Woodhouse | 2,021 |
| Sarah Woodhouse | 1,907 |
| Thomas Woodhouse | 1,636 |
| George Woodhouse | 1,631 |
| James Woodhouse | 1,567 |
| Ann Woodhouse | 1,211 |
| Joseph Woodhouse | 1,096 |
| Henry Woodhouse | 964 |
| Charles Woodhouse | 926 |
| Jane Woodhouse | 840 |
| Hannah Woodhouse | 784 |
| Eliza Woodhouse | 717 |
| Robert Woodhouse | 714 |
| Emma Woodhouse | 696 |
| Annie Woodhouse | 678 |
| Alice Woodhouse | 642 |
| Samuel Woodhouse | 582 |
| Ellen Woodhouse | 581 |
| Arthur Woodhouse | 529 |
| Martha Woodhouse | 522 |
| Alfred Woodhouse | 510 |
| Edward Woodhouse | 500 |