Woodside Surname
Approximately 8,012 people bear this surname
Woodside Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Woodside,' townships in the parishes of Westward, Cumberland; Shiffnall, Salop; and Wigton, Cumberland compare Woodend and Woodhead.
Woodside Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,271 | 1:68,765 | 7,997 |
| Bahamas | 1,056 | 1:371 | 81 |
| Canada | 580 | 1:63,527 | 7,423 |
| Northern Ireland | 315 | 1:5,857 | 1,075 |
| England | 230 | 1:242,252 | 19,814 |
| Australia | 197 | 1:137,034 | 14,802 |
| New Zealand | 123 | 1:36,816 | 6,282 |
| Scotland | 116 | 1:46,154 | 4,115 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 287 | 1:15,435 | 1,954 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 111 | 1:33,723 | 2,752 |
| England | 53 | 1:459,913 | 26,089 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 957 | 1:52,475 | 5,919 |
Woodside (16) may also be a first name.
Woodside Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Woodside,' townships in the parishes of Westward, Cumberland; Shiffnall, Salop; and Wigton, Cumberland compare Woodend and Woodhead.
Of local origin from some one of the several small places of the name. The Woodsides here noted probably derived their surname from Woodside in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire. James Wodsyid was a witness in Glasgow in 1550 (Protocols, I), James Wodsyd appears in Hunterstoun in 1583 (Hunter, p. 31), Jonet Woodsyd, daughter of John Woodsyd, was retoured heir in two tenements in the iurgh of Irvine in 1658 (Retours, Ayr, 503), and James Woodsyd was bailie there, 1667 (Irvine, II, p. 210). Woodsyde 1689.
(English) Dweller at the Side of the Wood [Old English wudu + síde]
(English, Scottish) Dweller at the side of the wood; one who came from Woodside (side of the wood), in Ayrshire.
Woodside Demographics
Woodside Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Woodside Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woodside Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woodside is found most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woodside? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 62,634th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 909,579 people. The surname Woodside occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Woodside are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Woodside is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname Woodside is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 5,271 people, or 1 in 68,765. In The United States Woodside is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and Nevada, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Woodside is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in The Bahamas, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.
Woodside Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Woodside has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woodside surname expanded 551 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 434 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 105 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Woodside Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (55%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Woodside last name are 11.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.11% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Woodside earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 50.5% more than the national average, earning R 357,648 per year; in United States they earn 1.4% more than the national average, earning $43,752 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.22% more than the national average, earning $54,262 CAD per year.
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