Woodcock Surname

18,835th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Woodcock Surname Definition:

William Wodcok, burgess of Glasgow, 1488 (LCD., p. 257). Francis Wodcok held land there in 1552 (Protocols, I). Harrison says: "A nickname from the fowl; at one time a common term for a simpleton," Old English wuducocc. Lower says: "A term of reproach, applied to a simpleton, in many early plays.

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Woodcock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England13,2411:4,208565
United States9,3431:38,7954,778
Canada2,0441:18,0262,551
Australia1,9401:13,9151,983
New Zealand6171:7,3391,254
Wales3741:8,274920
Scotland3631:14,7491,869
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Seychelles1881:491109
South Africa1391:389,76834,651
Ireland1261:37,3733,030
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Northern Ireland591:31,2723,207
Spain461:1,016,34937,676
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Thailand361:1,962,176235,280
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Guernsey291:2,222539
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Jersey171:5,8351,193
Jamaica151:191,3305,833
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
France121:5,535,227269,324
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Norway81:642,78647,258
China61:227,886,92811,701
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
San Marino21:16,607796
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland861:51,5104,301
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,3851:2,907417
Wales1061:14,796873
Scotland711:52,7213,555
Isle of Man61:9,045877
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3471:21,3972,696

Woodcock (18) may also be a first name.

Woodcock Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

William Wodcok, burgess of Glasgow, 1488 (LCD., p. 257). Francis Wodcok held land there in 1552 (Protocols, I). Harrison says: "A nickname from the fowl; at one time a common term for a simpleton," Old English wuducocc. Lower says: "A term of reproach, applied to a simpleton, in many early plays. Halliwell." The name is found in England in 1273 as Wodecok.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) a nickname from the fowl; at one time a common term for a simpleton [Middle English wod(e)cok, Old English wuducocc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. The bird. 2. A term of reproach, applied to a simpleton, in many early plays. Halliwell.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Diminutive of Ude.

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

Woodcock: appears as a surname, not likely to be taken from a sign. It is a corruption of Woodcott.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Woodcock Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woodcock is most common in England. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Woodcock click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodcock? popularity and diffusion

Woodcock is the 18,835th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 249,138 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Woodcock are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 18 people.

This last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 13,241 people, or 1 in 4,208. In England Woodcock is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 7 percent are found, South Yorkshire, where 6 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 6 percent are found. Beside England Woodcock exists in 77 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Woodcock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woodcock has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Woodcock last name rose 158 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 398 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 353 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 511 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 147 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Woodcock Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Woodcock last name is chiefly Catholic (41%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Woodcock last name are 15.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.52% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Woodcock earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 6.55% more than the national average, earning 368,751 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 26.29% more than the national average, earning R 300,120 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.57% less than the national average, earning $22,119,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $45,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.72% less than the national average, earning $49,326 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woodcoock942/
Woodcochk941/
Woodcocck940/
Woodcocke940/
Woodcok938/
Wodcock936/
Woodcook88256/
Woodcodk886/
Woodcack880/
Wadcock8078/
Bodcock8012/
Whadcock7567/
Wojtcok671/
Watcock670/
Wathcock631/
Badcok572/
Watcok571/
Bodcac571/
Batcock5375/
Boodkag531/
Wojtcak531/
Buttcock501/
Bathcock500/

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