The Underwood Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the Underwood family.

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The Underwood Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Underwood
1841 Census225
1851 Census1422
1861 Census2658
1871 Census4240
1881 Census6056
1891 Census6828
1901 Census9133
1911 Census10769

Most Frequent Forenames for the Underwood Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census 1911 Census Total
Mary Underwood 16 102 166 242 333 333 374 368
John Underwood 16 101 173 237 287 290 366 418
William Underwood 14 108 187 281 386 415 509 569
Sarah Underwood 9 52 103 161 184 171 176 155
Elizabeth Underwood 12 62 123 197 234 236 256 263
George Underwood 9 64 127 176 243 264 334 361
Thomas Underwood 14 63 93 158 188 206 223 262
Charles Underwood 6 35 79 115 147 172 203 218
James Underwood 5 54 86 129 162 179 199 202
Emily Underwood 2 13 28 74 92 109 125 131
Jane Underwood 6 23 49 66 79 96 88 79
Arthur Underwood 0 7 17 43 100 124 164 199
Alfred Underwood 3 18 45 76 110 118 141 154
Joseph Underwood 9 32 54 88 93 101 122 128
Alice Underwood 3 12 27 77 122 139 183 196
Emma Underwood 3 30 71 96 133 104 120 110
Kate Underwood 0 2 8 33 61 67 77 69
Henry Underwood 8 42 73 96 134 121 145 140
Albert Underwood 0 6 9 41 70 105 142 177
Eliza Underwood 4 31 47 70 95 87 101 88

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Underwood family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and many more...


Etymology and History of the Surname: Underwood

View Name: UNDERWOOD.

UNDERWOOD

Derivation:
A topographical surname for someone who lived in or near a wood or forest.

History:
Dating back to the Anglo-Saxon times but first recorded in the 12th Century

Linked Surnames:
underwoode

 


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