How common is the surname Wohl?

1,738 people in the United States had the surname Wohl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wohl?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wohl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wohl getting more or less common?

More common. 1,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Wohl

A German surname, carried by 1,738 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wohl is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German and Jewish surname, borrowed from the adjective meaning "good, pleasant" (see below). * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German wolt (“wood, forest”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,738 people named Wohl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,720.

#16,525

rank among US surnames

1,738

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #15,598)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,519	Kin	1,739	177,542
#16,525	Carnegie	1,738	177,644
#16,534	Cluck	1,737	177,746

Who is named Wohl

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Wohl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wohl

Wohl has the Soundex code W400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W400.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wohl come from?: * As a German and Jewish surname, borrowed from the adjective meaning "good, pleasant" (see below). * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German wolt (“wood, forest”).
How common is the surname Wohl?: 1,738 people in the United States had the surname Wohl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wohl?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wohl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wohl getting more or less common?: More common. 1,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, up 1.0%.