Woodshaw Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 21
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Woodshaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Woodshaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 10
Housemaid 2
Miner 1
Sempstress 1
Domestic 1
Cook & Dairymaid 1
Farm Labourer 1
Gardener 1
Gardener's Wife 1
Grocer's Shopman 1
Labourer 1
Labourer's Wife 1
Parochial Reliefformerly Laundress 1
Shepherd 1
Shepherd's Wife 1
File Cutter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Woodshaw

Name Census Frequency
Sarah Woodshaw 24
William Woodshaw 24
Mary Woodshaw 20
John Woodshaw 17
Elizabeth Woodshaw 16
Charles Woodshaw 10
George Woodshaw 10
Thomas Woodshaw 10
Benjamin Woodshaw 9
Harriet Woodshaw 9
Ambrose Woodshaw 8
Hannah Woodshaw 7
Ann Woodshaw 6
Emma Woodshaw 6
Alice Woodshaw 5
Florence Woodshaw 5
Joseph Woodshaw 5
Samuel Woodshaw 5
Clara Woodshaw 4
Eliza Woodshaw 4
Harriett Woodshaw 4
James Woodshaw 3
Jane Woodshaw 3
Ernest Woodshaw 2
Frances Woodshaw 2

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