Last Name WOODHEAD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Woodhead, a great Yorkshire surname. Literally, at the wood-head, at the top of the wood.The great tunnel between Lancashire and Yorkshire is called the Woodhead tunnel from the name of the locality.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, South african

Rank 24,162 (2000 US census) 36,470 (1990 US census)
Count 973 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.91%, or 904 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 1.23%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.98%, or 29 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.34%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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