How common is the surname Womack?

28,201 people in the United States had the surname Womack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,948 Americans. It ranked 1,245th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Womack?

Bobby Womack, American singer and songwriter (1944–2014), followed by Lee Ann Womack.

Where is the surname Womack most common?

Wikidata records people named Womack in the United States.

Is the surname Womack getting more or less common?

More common. 26,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,201 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Womack

An English surname, carried by 28,201 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Womack is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

Unknown; possibly from Middle English wombe (“womb”) + -ock (diminutive suffix).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 28,201 people named Womack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,948 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,890.

#1,245

rank among US surnames

28,201

people in 2010

9.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,194)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,236	Sharma	28,559	10,811
#1,237	Kern	28,547	10,815
#1,238	Chu	28,508	10,830
#1,239	Knowles	28,460	10,848
#1,240	Ma	28,452	10,851
#1,241	Madison	28,411	10,867
#1,242	Childs	28,359	10,887

Who is named Womack

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

65% of people named Womack identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Womacks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Womack
American singer and songwriter (1944–2014)
Lee Ann Womack
American country music singer and songwriter, born 1966
Cecil Womack
American singer, songwriter and record producer (1947–2013)
Jack Womack
American writer, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Womac

Surnames that sound like Womack

Wommack

Womack has the Soundex code W520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W520.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Womack come from?: Unknown; possibly from Middle English wombe (“womb”) + -ock (diminutive suffix).
How common is the surname Womack?: 28,201 people in the United States had the surname Womack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,948 Americans. It ranked 1,245th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Womack?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Womack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Womack?: Bobby Womack, American singer and songwriter (1944–2014), followed by Lee Ann Womack.
Where is the surname Womack most common?: Wikidata records people named Womack in the United States.
Is the surname Womack getting more or less common?: More common. 26,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,201 in 2010, up 4.9%.
What are other spellings of Womack?: Womac.