Woddruff Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Woddruff Surname Definition:

(English)WooD-REEVE; Wood- IBailiff; Forester [Old English wudu + ge)réfa, ge)ræfa] Woodreve.—the woodman, the forester of the Midland Counties.—Surrey Provincialisms (English Dialectal Soc.).

Spent upon our wood reefe for coming to give us notice of some abuses done to our wood.

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Woddruff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England21:27,859,030389,889

Woddruff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English)WooD-REEVE; Wood- IBailiff; Forester [Old English wudu + ge)réfa, ge)ræfa] Woodreve.—the woodman, the forester of the Midland Counties.—Surrey Provincialisms (English Dialectal Soc.).

Spent upon our wood reefe for coming to give us notice of some abuses done to our wood.—MS. Accts. (1643), St. John’s Hosp., Cant.; Dict. Kent. Dialectal, p. 191.

It is improbable that the plant-name ‘woodruff,’ Old English wudurofe, has had any influence on the weak forms of this surname in -roff(e, -ruff(e, etc.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Woddruff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Woddruff Come From? nationality or country of origin

Woddruff is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woddruff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Woddruff live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 38 percent live, District of Columbia, where 13 percent live and Georgia, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 20 percent live.

Woddruff Last Name Statistics demography

Woddruff earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 174.85% more than the national average, earning $118,594 USD per year.

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Woodruft756/
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Woodruuf751/
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Woodrouf750/
Voodrouff710/
Woodrooff710/
Woodrooffe6744/
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Woodroof63865/
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Wodrow5715/
Bodruv571/
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Wadroub531/
Woodrrow501/
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