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Woodhurst

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English

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Etymology

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From Old English wudu (wood) + hyrst (wooded hillock).

Proper noun

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Woodhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhursts)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3176). [1]
    2. A community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
    • 1949 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
      The first two runs were timed by Mr. H. J. J. Griffith, and the third by Mr. Arthur H. Woodhurst.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Woodhurst is the 106096th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 168 individuals. Woodhurst is most common among White (88.69%) individuals.

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