Woodbridge Surname

90,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Woodbridge Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Woodbridge,' a parish in the county of Suffolk, seven miles from Ipswich.

John de Wudebrege, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Wudebrige, Wiltshire, ibid.

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Woodbridge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0951:26,5963,632
United States1,2741:284,50526,482
Australia1,2711:21,2402,950
Canada1691:218,02121,041
South Africa1211:447,75037,883
New Zealand951:47,6677,746
Wales671:46,1874,386
Costa Rica381:125,7911,936
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Sweden291:339,54323,803
France211:3,162,987209,042
Isle of Man131:6,6021,513
Israel121:713,13647,700
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2311:19,8012,825
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5651:88,8839,189

Woodbridge (31) may also be a first name.

Woodbridge Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Woodbridge,' a parish in the county of Suffolk, seven miles from Ipswich.

John de Wudebrege, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Wudebrige, Wiltshire, ibid.

1506. John Woodbridge, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1668. Married — Thomas Woodbridge and Ellin Davis: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) belonging to Woodbridge; or Dweller at the Wooden Bridge [Old English wudu, wood + brycg, bricg] Woodbridge, Suff., was Wodebregge in the 14th cent., Wodebrige in the 13th. The Wilts place, Wudebrige in the 13th cent., is referred to as Wodebrigge in a copy made (with alterations) in the Middle English period of the (Latin) boundary-definements of a land-grant, dated A.D. 850, by Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Woodbridge (wooden bridge), in Suffolk; dweller at, or near, a wooden bridge.

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

A town in Suffolk.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk.

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

Woodbridge Last Name Facts

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

Woodbridge occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodbridge? popularity and diffusion

It is the 90,066th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,368,810 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 43 percent of Woodbridge reside; 42 percent reside in Northern Europe and 42 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 31 people.

The surname is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 2,095 people, or 1 in 26,596. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 14 percent are found, Cambridgeshire, where 6 percent are found and West Midlands, where 6 percent are found. Other than England it occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 24 percent are found.

Woodbridge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Woodbridge has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Woodbridge surname expanded 170 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 225 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 211 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Woodbridge Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Woodbridge last name are 11.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.68% being registered with the political party.

The amount Woodbridge earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.62% more than the national average, earning R 467,232 per year; in United States they earn 2.14% more than the national average, earning $44,072 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.02% more than the national average, earning $55,654 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wodbridge952/
Woodbrige951/
Woodbridges951/
Woodbridger950/
Woodbrdge950/
Woddbridge901/
Woodbridge-Hay831/
Weedbridge800/
Wiidbridge800/
Wodbrice780/
Badbridge740/

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