Wood Family History

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Wood Name Meaning

mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter or forester, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). nickname for a mad, eccentric, or violent person, from Middle English wod ‘mad’, ‘frenzied’ (Old English wad), as in Adam le Wode, Worcestershire 1221.

Similar surnames: Wool, Wold, Good, Hood, Woods, Root, Gold, Hoad, Woody, Look

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You can see how Wood families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Wood family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Wood families were found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 20,568 Wood families living in Yorkshire. This was about 22% of all the recorded Wood's in the UK. Yorkshire had the highest population of Wood families in 1891.

Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Wood surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.

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Wood Family Occupations

What did your Wood ancestors do for a living?

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Farmer
4%
Coal Miner
3%
Labourer
3%
Agricultural Labourer
3%

Wood Historical Records

What Wood family records will you find?

Census Record
There are 3,000 census records available for the last name Wood. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Wood census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.
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Passenger List
There are 642 immigration records available for the last name Wood. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.
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Draft Card
There are 1,000 military records available for the last name Wood. For the veterans among your Wood ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.
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Census Record

There are 3,000 census records available for the last name Wood. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Wood census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

Search 1891 UK census records for Wood

Passenger List

There are 642 immigration records available for the last name Wood. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

View all Wood immigration records

Draft Card

There are 1,000 military records available for the last name Wood. For the veterans among your Wood ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

View all Wood military records

Wood Life Expectancy

What is the average Wood lifespan?

Between 1940 and 2004, in the United States, Wood life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Wood in 1940 was 33, and 75 in 2004.

View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Wood