Westwood Name Meaning: An English/German word which refers to direction or the geography of something.Also habitational from a number of places named 'Westwood'. Old English west 'west' + wudu 'wood'.
A topographical surname usually a given to someone 'from the west' (someone that have re-located into a new area from further west) or someone who lives to the left west side of something, eg; a river or village.
Discover how your Westwood ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 11 |
Buckinghamshire | 11 |
Berkshire | 11 |
Cambridgeshire | 45 |
Channel Islands | 2 |
Cheshire | 68 |
Cornwall | 0 |
Cumberland | 13 |
Derbyshire | 37 |
Devon | 35 |
Dorset | 4 |
Durham | 31 |
Essex | 354 |
Gloucestershire | 36 |
Hampshire | 53 |
Herefordshire | 11 |
Hertfordshire | 138 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
Isle of Man | 1 |
Kent | 49 |
Lancashire | 445 |
Leicestershire | 14 |
Lincolnshire | 37 |
London | 693 |
Middlesex | 82 |
Northumberland | 23 |
Norfolk | 10 |
Northamptonshire | 5 |
Nottinghamshire | 41 |
Oxfordshire | 11 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
Shropshire | 46 |
Suffolk | 26 |
Somerset | 4 |
Surrey | 89 |
Sussex | 17 |
Staffordshire | 2,077 |
Warwickshire | 627 |
Westmorland | 4 |
Wiltshire | 13 |
Worcestershire | 1,137 |
Yorkshire | 806 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 2 |
Cardiganshire | 1 |
Carnarvonshire | 3 |
Carmarthenshire | 3 |
Denbighshire | 1 |
Flintshire | 14 |
Glamorgan | 96 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 51 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 759 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 88 |
Labourer | 60 |
General Labourer | 51 |
General Servant (domestic) | 45 |
At Home | 32 |
At School | 32 |
Domestic Servant | 30 |
Bricklayer | 24 |
Dressmaker | 24 |
Private Means | 24 |
None | 23 |
Coal Miner (hewer) | 22 |
Clerk | 21 |
Chain Maker | 21 |
Carter | 18 |
Charwoman | 17 |
Shop Assistant | 17 |
House Keeper | 16 |
Scholar | 16 |
Assisting In Business | 15 |
General Servant Domestic | 15 |
Farm Labourer | 15 |
Labourer General | 14 |
School Boy | 14 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Westwood | 2,326 |
Mary Westwood | 2,093 |
John Westwood | 1,858 |
Sarah Westwood | 1,492 |
Elizabeth Westwood | 1,268 |
Thomas Westwood | 1,267 |
Joseph Westwood | 1,125 |
George Westwood | 1,017 |
James Westwood | 895 |
Eliza Westwood | 689 |
Samuel Westwood | 658 |
Ann Westwood | 652 |
Charles Westwood | 647 |
Henry Westwood | 614 |
Emma Westwood | 564 |
Hannah Westwood | 516 |
Annie Westwood | 481 |
Edward Westwood | 458 |
Jane Westwood | 454 |
Alice Westwood | 444 |
Ellen Westwood | 376 |
Alfred Westwood | 371 |
Benjamin Westwood | 363 |
Emily Westwood | 339 |
Arthur Westwood | 325 |