Woodhead is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Woodhead
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Woodhead

How popular is Woodhead?

Woodhead is common in United States.

Woodhead is ranked 48054 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Woodhead bearers increased by 4.624872 per cent in 2010 US census to 1018 since 2000, the surname slipped by 392 spots and ranked at 24554. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.61 92.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.36 1.23
Others 1.87 2.98
Hispanic or Latino 1.18 1.34
Woodhead is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 9938 people have been found who wears Woodhead as their family name. Woodhead is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,346 Bermuda6
1,219,338 India3
26,532 Chile2
14,521 Portugal2
50,640 Switzerland2
6,900 Oman2
118,441 Germany2
25,746 Finland1
810,193 Indonesia1
118,015 Netherlands1
29,046 Japan1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
14,373 Jordan1
40,340 Malaysia1
3,307 Malta1
56,169 Mexico1
38,830 Morocco1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
7,895 South Korea1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
11,387 Ireland22
4,647 Thailand21
699 Isle of Man21
606 Guernsey18
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,881 Hong Kong59
38,452 Spain57
Countries with hundreds of Woodhead:
3,233 Australia956
9,017 South Africa712
2,046 New Zealand369
12,616 Canada304
2,934 Scotland223
52,914 Brazil191
57,437 France171
2,337 Wales169
Countries with thousands of Woodhead:
1,546 England5,119
22,631 United States1,387
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joseph Woodhead worked as farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ivanhoe and arrived on July 2, 1849. William Woodhead, aged 61, Lydia Woodhead (57) Immigrant, Ann Woodhead (20) Immigrant, Lydia Woodhead, aged 18, Immigrant Elizabeth Woodhead, Ebenezer-Master Woodhead, 33 years old Richard Woodhead, John Woodhead (22) Workman, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Samuel Woodhead worked as miner and hailed from Italy. 25 years old embarked for USA from London on Canada and arrived on July 3, 1880.

Related Family Names: