# Woodford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/woodford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,989 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,757 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,885 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (4,838 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwʊdfɚd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Wadforth |

## Etymology

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Woodford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Woodford in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Woodford

- Michael Dean Woodford, American economist
- Stewart L. Woodford, American politician and ambassador (1835–1913)
- Jack Woodford, American writer (1894–1971)
- Alexander George Woodford, British Army officer; (1782-1870)

## Similar surnames

Woodbury, Woodburn, Woodberry, Woodfork, Woodbridge, Whitford, Watford, Whiteford.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.