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Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 95422 people with the Wood surname? In that year Wood was ranked number 16 for popularity in the UK.

"Originally de Bosco they bear an oak tree in their arms. "_{(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)}

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"WOOD. Local, from residence near a wood (Old English (Anglo-Saxon) wudu). The name appears first in record in the Latinized form de Bosco (see BOYCE). There is an Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name, Wuda, from which the name might be derived. This became in Middle English Wode, and later Wood, but the local derivation is most probable for the name in Scotland. William Wod was a witness to the valuation of Kilravock and Easter Geddes in 1295 (Cawdor, p. 3; Rose, p. 30). In 1370 John Wode complained of having been plundered by wreckers (Bain, rv, 164). Ade Wood in Garvald and Roger Wode in Louchurde were tenants under Douglas, 1376 (RHM., i, p. Ivii; n, p. 16). A horse was stolen from Adam dictus Wode, husbandman of the bishop of Moray, 1398 (REM., p. 212), and Hugo o' the Wode, 'scocheman,' had a royal pardon, 1407 (Bain, rv, 734). William de le Wod is in record, 1413 (CDE., 21). Thomas Wod, a witness in Newbattle, 1458 (Neubotle, p. 246). Patrick of Wod witnessed an instrument of sasine, 1476, and Thorn of Wod witnessed a declaration by John of Roule, 1479 (Home, 23, 25). John Vode was a friar preacher in Aberdeen, 1486 (REA., n, p. 300), and Alexander Woyd was a tenant under the bishop of Glasgow, 1513 (Rental). Vod and Void 1526, Voud and Voude 1520, Vould 1522, Wodde 1491, Wode (of Largo) 1506, Woid 1567, Woide 1481. WOOD. Local, from residence near a wood (Old English (Anglo-Saxon) wudu). The name appears first in record in the Latinized form de Bosco (see BOYCE). There is an Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name, Wuda, from which the name might be derived. This became in Middle English Wode, and later Wood, but the local derivation is most probable for the name in Scotland. William Wod was a witness to the valuation of Kilravock and Easter Geddes in 1295 (Cawdor, p. 3; Rose, p. 30). In 1370 John Wode complained of having been plundered by wreckers (Bain, rv, 164). Ade Wood in Garvald and Roger Wode in Louchurde were tenants under Douglas, 1376 (RHM., i, p. Ivii; n, p. 16). A horse was stolen from Adam dictus Wode, husbandman of the bishop of Moray, 1398 (REM., p. 212), and Hugo o' the Wode, 'scocheman,' had a royal pardon, 1407 (Bain, rv, 734). William de le Wod is in record, 1413 (CDE., 21). Thomas Wod, a witness in Newbattle, 1458 (Neubotle, p. 246). Patrick of Wod witnessed an instrument of sasine, 1476, and Thorn of Wod witnessed a declaration by John of Roule, 1479 (Home, 23, 25). John Vode was a friar preacher in Aberdeen, 1486 (REA., n, p. 300), and Alexander Woyd was a tenant under the bishop of Glasgow, 1513 (Rental). Vod and Void 1526, Voud and Voude 1520, Vould 1522, Wodde 1491, Wode (of Largo) 1506, Woid 1567, Woide 1481. "_{(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)}

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