Woodin Surname

175,148th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,447 people bear this surname

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

Woodin Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Wood-Meadow [Old English wudu + Old Northern English ing (Old Norse eng), meadow]

Woodin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1321:170,00917,182
England1621:343,93925,007
Canada541:682,32655,162
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Israel91:950,84857,975
Wales81:386,81619,671
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1931:126,29711,831
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8211:61,1686,722

Woodin (11) may also be a first name.

Woodin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Wood-Meadow [Old English wudu + Old Northern English ing (Old Norse eng), meadow]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at a clearing or place where wood has been cut.

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

Doubtless Woden, the name of the great Teutonic divinity. See Oden.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This name has been connected with Odin or Woden. It is more probably derived from Wooden, in the parish of Kelso, co. Roxburgh.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Ranulph Waudin, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Henry de Wadon, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Dutch, Wouden; from the Flemish, Wodon; a personal name.

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

Woodin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woodin is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 175,148th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,978,155 people. Woodin is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Woodin live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. Woodin is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 2,132 people, or 1 in 170,009. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 12 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Woodin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woodin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woodin surname rose 260 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 16 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Woodin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Woodin are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.13% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Woodin earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 21.16% more than the national average, earning R 287,928 per year; in United States they earn 3.92% more than the national average, earning $44,839 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.65% less than the national average, earning $47,373 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wooddin9211/
Woodind921/
Wodin9142/
Woodn912/
Woodding861/
Wooden8310,557/
Boodin8334/
Woddin834/
Woodim832/
Woudin831/
Wgodin831/
Woedin830/
Whodin830/
D'Wooding801/
Woodden7740/
Wouding772/
Wodding772/
Booddin771/
Bodin7328,244/
Wadin731,401/
Woden73520/
Vodin73299/
Uodin738/
Wodim737/
Wodyn736/
Wodén735/
Wodne731/
Wudin731/
Boudin676,010/
Boidin673,151/
Boddin67874/
Booden67387/
Vodina67313/
Wouden67280/
Waddin67163/
Wojdyn67123/
Bodijn67106/
Wahdin6755/
Woyden6740/
Vohdin6729/
Woiden6723/
Voddin6720/
Wadien6719/
Hwadin6716/
Wuydin6711/
Wuddin678/
Wuidin678/
Wodden676/
Waudin676/
Woeden675/
Vooden675/
Boydin675/
Uoddin674/
Wadion673/
Voding672/
Voydin671/
Wojden671/
Woodem671/
Boodyn671/
Wodent670/
Wosden670/

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Woodin Reference & Research

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