Woodbridge Surname
Approximately 5,324 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWoodbridge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,095 | 1:26,596 | 3,632 |
| United States | 1,274 | 1:284,505 | 26,482 |
| Australia | 1,271 | 1:21,240 | 2,950 |
| Canada | 169 | 1:218,021 | 21,041 |
| South Africa | 121 | 1:447,750 | 37,883 |
| New Zealand | 95 | 1:47,667 | 7,746 |
| Wales | 67 | 1:46,187 | 4,386 |
| Costa Rica | 38 | 1:125,791 | 1,936 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Isle of Man | 13 | 1:6,602 | 1,513 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,231 | 1:19,801 | 2,825 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:207,956 | 7,652 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 565 | 1:88,883 | 9,189 |
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.
(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.
(English) One who came from Woodbridge (wooden bridge), in Suffolk; dweller at, or near, a wooden bridge.
A town in Suffolk.
A location name in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk.
Woodbridge Demographics
Average Male Woodbridge Height
177.31 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wodbridge | 95 | 2 | / |
| Woodbrige | 95 | 1 | / |
| Woodbridges | 95 | 1 | / |
| Woodbridger | 95 | 0 | / |
| Woodbrdge | 95 | 0 | / |
| Woddbridge | 90 | 1 | / |
| Woodbridge-Hay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weedbridge | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wiidbridge | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wodbrice | 78 | 0 | / |
| Badbridge | 74 | 0 | / |
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