Woodard Surname

9,174th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Woodard Surname Definition:

(1) Bapt 'the son of Odard,' or Wodard.

John fil. Wodardi, 1168: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

John fil. Odard, 1161: ibid.

The last two entries concern, I believe, the same individual.

Cristiana fil.

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Woodard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States59,2921:6,113703
England1,0331:53,9386,572
Canada8141:45,2655,575
Australia2691:100,35611,341
New Zealand801:56,6048,933
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Wales111:281,32115,850
China81:170,915,1968,932
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Saint Kitts and Nevis21:27,6001,126
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
France21:33,211,361423,184
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Andorra11:83,8382,381
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6311:38,6304,949
Wales71:224,0598,079
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,8111:5,700710

Woodard (356) may also be a first name.

Woodard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(1) Bapt 'the son of Odard,' or Wodard.

John fil. Wodardi, 1168: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

John fil. Odard, 1161: ibid.

The last two entries concern, I believe, the same individual.

Cristiana fil. Odard, temp. Henry III. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

Alan Wodard, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Wodard atte Barre, Close Rolls, 3 Edward I.

I furnish two other possible sources of the name, but the above is the undoubted parent of ninetenths of the bearers of this patronymic. (2) Official. An abbreviation of Woodward, which see. (3) Occup. 'the wood-herd,' probably a hog-tender; v. Herd. compare Coward for Cowherd.

Richard le Wodeherd, Norfolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Richard le Wodehirde, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1682. Married — Thomas Woodard and Alice Dobbey: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 the 13th cent. pers. name Wodard, 12th cent. Wudard [prob. from Old English wudu, wood + h(e)ard, hard] 2 Wood-Herd (the herd who tended in the wood) [Old English wudu + hierde] Richard le Wodehirde.—Hundred Rolls 3 a contraction of Woodward, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Variant of Woodward, q.v.; descendant of Wodard (wood, hard).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

1. Wadard, a Domesday name. 2. A corruption of Woodward by the elision of w; so Green'ich from Greenwich, Ber'ick from Berwick, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or Wadard. Wadard came to England with, the Conqueror 1066, and 1086 held estates under Odo of Bayeux in several counties (Ellis, Intr. Domesd. ii. 404). Henry and Simon Wadard, 1278, in Sussex, were distrained to compel them to be knighted (Parliamentary Writs).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Wad, Wodder; from the German, Woders; in the Domesday Book, Wadard; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Woodard Last Name Facts

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

Woodard is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Woodard click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodard? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 9,174th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 118,005 people. The surname Woodard occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Woodard live; 93 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 461,707th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 356 people.

Woodard is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 59,292 people, or 1 in 6,113. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and North Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States Woodard occurs in 62 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Woodard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Woodard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Woodard surname grew 673 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Woodard Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Woodard last name are 9.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.1% being registered with the party.

The amount Woodard earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.3% less than the national average, earning R 236,928 per year; in United States they earn 7.05% less than the national average, earning $40,108 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.65% less than the national average, earning $48,863 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wooddard9319/
Woodhard935/
Woodeard933/
Woodaard932/
Woodgard932/
Wodard9227/
Woodhardt882/
Woodart8628/
Woddard8620/
Wooderd8611/
Woodord863/
Woudard862/
Wodards860/
Woodhart80166/
Woddards801/
Woodourd800/
Woodderd800/
Wooduord800/
Woodherd800/
Bodard771,993/
Vodard772/
Wadard771/
Woodgarth751/
Boudard711,952/
Boidard71201/
Wuidard7149/
Woodert7135/
Boddard711/
Whodart711/
Woodorth6710/
Boudhard671/
Wooderth670/

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