Find out how popular the last name Woodland is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Woodland.

Woodland, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Woodland surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Woodland in America

Woodland is the 7758th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Woodland surname appeared 4,280 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Woodland.

We can also compare 2010 data for Woodland to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Woodland

The surname Woodland originates from England, where it first appeared in the 13th century. It is a locational surname, derived from the Old English words "wudu" meaning wood, and "land" meaning land or estate. This suggests that the name was initially given to someone who lived near or worked on a heavily wooded area or estate.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Woodland surname can be found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, where a Roger de Wodeland is mentioned in Oxfordshire. The name also appears in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire in 1327, listed as William de Wodelaunde.

During the Middle Ages, the Woodland name was particularly concentrated in the counties of Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire. This could indicate that the name originated in one of these areas, where heavily forested lands were abundant.

In the 16th century, the Woodland surname is recorded in the parish registers of St. Giles in Cripplegate, London. An entry from 1576 mentions the marriage of Richard Woodland and Jane Skynner.

One of the earliest notable individuals with the Woodland surname was John Woodland (c.1530-1592), an English Protestant reformer and Marian exile. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, and fled to Frankfurt during the reign of Queen Mary I.

Another notable bearer of the Woodland name was Sir William Woodland (1584-1668), an English politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Coventry in the 17th century.

In the 18th century, Thomas Woodland (1735-1808) was a prominent English architect and surveyor who designed several churches and public buildings in the West Midlands region.

During the 19th century, the Woodland surname spread further across England, as well as to other parts of the British Isles and beyond. One notable individual from this period was William Woodland (1810-1890), a British landscape painter and illustrator known for his scenes of rural England.

Finally, in the early 20th century, Sir Howard Douglas Woodland (1870-1958) was a British civil engineer and pioneering aviator, best known for his work in developing early aircraft designs and contributing to the development of aviation technology.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Woodland

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Woodland.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Woodland was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Woodland has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Woodland was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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