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
in Ireland
Woodside Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woodside Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woodside is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Woodside? popularity and diffusion
The surname Woodside is the 62,634th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 909,579 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Woodside reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 16 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,271 people, or 1 in 68,765. In The United States Woodside is primarily concentrated in: California, where 10 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Nevada, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States Woodside exists in 39 countries. It is also found in The Bahamas, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
Woodside Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Woodside has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woodside last name rose 551 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 434 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 105 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Woodside Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Woodside last name is primarily Presbyterian (55%) in Ireland.
In The United States Woodside are 11.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.11% registered with the 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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