Wooding Surname

86,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Barbados

Wooding Surname Definition:

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

Wooding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3031:24,1943,344
United States1,8011:201,25419,784
Australia4811:56,1246,861
New Zealand2361:19,1883,376
South Africa2181:248,52225,292
Canada1551:237,71322,683
Wales1501:20,6302,188
Barbados601:4,791574
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Trinidad and Tobago281:48,7134,303
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Scotland181:297,43413,849
France121:5,535,227269,324
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2491:19,5162,797
Wales561:28,0071,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5581:89,9989,285

Wooding 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

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

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

Wooding Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wooding occurs most in England. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wooding? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 86,000th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,300,187 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Wooding live; 44 percent live in Northern Europe and 44 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 2,303 people, or 1 in 24,194. In England Wooding is most frequent in: Greater London, where 10 percent reside, Northamptonshire, where 10 percent reside and Kent, where 8 percent reside. Barring England this surname is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Wooding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wooding has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wooding last name increased 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 323 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 268 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wooding Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Wooding are 8.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wooding earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.76% more than the national average, earning R 403,416 per year; in United States they earn 0.31% less than the national average, earning $43,015 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.37% more than the national average, earning $59,801 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woodings93880/
Woodding931/
Woding921/
D'Wooding881/
Booding865/
Wodding862/
Wouding862/
Boding77182/
Wading77148/
Wuding7761/
Voding772/
Wadding71822/
Bodding71121/
Bodingh7148/
Vosding7125/
Bouding7124/
Wadiong7119/
Boyding718/
Voßding717/
Wadging714/
Voeding712/
Wohdeng712/
Wudding711/
Wodengh711/
Watding711/
Boiding711/
Botding711/
Vosdingh6793/
Vossding678/
Waddings671/

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Wooding Reference & Research

Woodman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Woodman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wooding
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