Wodehouse Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Wodehouse Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the wood-house,' probably the woodward's residence.
Richard del Wodehus, Huntingdonshire, 1273.
Robert de Wodehous, Nottinghamshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.
Read More About This SurnameWodehouse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 105 | 1:530,648 | 33,151 |
| United States | 94 | 1:3,855,946 | 211,262 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 125 | 1:195,003 | 15,655 |
Wodehouse Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the wood-house,' probably the woodward's residence.
Richard del Wodehus, Huntingdonshire, 1273.
Robert de Wodehous, Nottinghamshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
William de la Wodehouse, Close Roll, 12 Edward I.
John atte Wodehouse. Riley's Memorials of London.
Petronil de la Wodehouse. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
Johannes de Wodhous, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1624. Married — William Wodhowse and Mary Ship: St. Peter, Cornhill.
Of local origin from one or other of several places of the name recorded in CD.
= Woodhouse, q.v.
Richard del Wodehus.— Hundred Rolls
"This family is very antient, for they were Gentlemen of good rank in the time of King John, as it appeareth by many antieut Grants and Evidences of theirs, which I have seene." Peaeham's Compleat Gentleman, edit. 1661, p. 235. The name is derived from the lands of Woodhouse or Wodehouse, at Silfield, co. Norfolk. The first of the name mentioned in the Baronetages is Sir Constantine de Wodehouse, who married Isabel, daughter and heiress of Botetourt, at the beginning of the reign of Henry I.
1. Places in cos. Leicester, Northumberland, &c. 2. The Wode-house was a favourite character in the Christmas and other festivities of our ancestors-the "Wild Man of the Woods," usually represented as a hairy monster, wreathed about the loins and temples with holly and ivy. See more of him, with his portrait, in English Surn. i. 235.
The Derbyshire Woodhouses are named after hamlets in the county. A gentle family of the name resided in Crich last century (G.). The Woodhouses are now at home in the Derby district. The surname also occurs in Herefordshire and Shropshire, and there are villages and hamlets of the name in Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Riding.
Woodhouse is a name that was represented by a gentle family in the county in the reign of James II. (D.).
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Wodehouse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wodehouse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wodehouse is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wodehouse? popularity and diffusion
Wodehouse is the 887,624th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 51 percent of Wodehouse are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 530,648. In England Wodehouse is most frequent in: Greater London, where 35 percent reside, Norfolk, where 12 percent reside and Surrey, where 8 percent reside. Aside from England this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent reside and Scotland, where 14 percent reside.
Wodehouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wodehouse has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wodehouse surname declined 16 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wodehouse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wodehouse surname are 3.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.25% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wodehouse earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.5% more than the national average, earning $47,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.72% more than the national average, earning $66,437 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodehouse | 95 | 1 | / |
| Bodehouse | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wodehause | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wadehouse | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wodehoust | 89 | 0 | / |
| Bodehousse | 84 | 478 | / |
| Wedehuse | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bodehuse | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bodehoussea | 80 | 9 | / |
| Bodeousse | 78 | 39 | / |
| Boudehous | 78 | 5 | / |
| Bodehosse | 78 | 2 | / |
| Bodehousé | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bodehoussè | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wedehase | 71 | 40 | / |
| Wodios | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wodéus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bodeos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whedehase | 67 | 1 | / |
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