Woodhouse Surname

21,154th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,773 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Woodhouse 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.

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Woodhouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England12,2131:4,562624
United States5,6291:64,3917,534
Australia3,6721:7,3521,080
Canada1,5391:23,9413,259
New Zealand6911:6,5531,104
Jamaica4051:7,086850
Wales3391:9,1281,007
Scotland3271:16,3732,016
South Africa2921:185,54020,240
Ireland901:52,3223,722
France811:820,03498,127
Northern Ireland791:23,3552,670
Spain441:1,062,54638,570
Mexico421:2,955,38622,751
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
Jersey271:3,674721
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Norway171:302,48730,120
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
China51:273,464,31313,838
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Malta11:430,2723,380
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1501:29,5323,011
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,9661:3,499495
Scotland901:41,5913,112
Wales691:22,7311,304
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1531:43,5555,059

Woodhouse (19) may also be a first name.

Woodhouse 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.

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

Of local origin from one or other of several places of the name recorded in CD.

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

(Eng,) belonging to Woodhouse; or Dweller at the House by the Wood [Old English wudu + hús] The Wodehuse and Wodehusu of the Yorks Doinesday-Bk. represent resp. the Old English dat. sing. (húse) and dat. pl. (húsum).

Cp. Wodehouse.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the house in, or by, a wood.

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

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Derbyshire, Hampshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Somerset.

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

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.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Woodhouse is a name that was represented by a gentle family in the county in the reign of James II. (D.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Woodhouse Last Name Facts

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

Woodhouse occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodhouse? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 21,154th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 282,759 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Woodhouse are found; 51 percent are found in Northern Europe and 51 percent are found in British Isles. Woodhouse is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 19 people.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 12,213 people, or 1 in 4,562. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 8 percent live, Norfolk, where 7 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 7 percent live. Other than England this surname exists in 70 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.

Woodhouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woodhouse has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 488 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 491 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 363 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 40 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Woodhouse Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Woodhouse last name are 11.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.39% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Woodhouse earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 52.8% more than the national average, earning 528,816 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.07% more than the national average, earning R 328,116 per year; in United States they earn 5.7% more than the national average, earning $45,610 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $48,242 CAD per year.

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