How common is the surname Woodall?

16,260 people in the United States had the surname Woodall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,988 Americans. It ranked 2,243rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Woodall?

Leo Woodall, British actor (born 1996), followed by Rob Woodall.

Where is the surname Woodall most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodall in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Woodall getting more or less common?

More common. 15,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,260 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Woodall

An English place surname, carried by 16,260 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodall is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + heall (“hall, dwelling, house”).

Woodall is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 16,260 people named Woodall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,988 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,877.

#2,243

rank among US surnames

16,260

people in 2010

5.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,097)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,234	Baron	16,308	18,932
#2,235	Trimble	16,306	18,934
#2,236	Hare	16,304	18,937
#2,237	Russ	16,300	18,941
#2,238	Ahmad	16,291	18,952
#2,239	Parr	16,286	18,958
#2,240	Montanez	16,281	18,964

Who is named Woodall

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

83% of people named Woodall identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodalls

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leo Woodall
British actor (born 1996)
Rob Woodall
American politician, born 1970

Notable Woodalls come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Woodle

Surnames that sound like Woodall

Woodall has the Soundex code W340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W340.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Woodall come from?: From Old English wudu (“wood”) + heall (“hall, dwelling, house”).
How common is the surname Woodall?: 16,260 people in the United States had the surname Woodall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,988 Americans. It ranked 2,243rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodall?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Woodall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Woodall?: Leo Woodall, British actor (born 1996), followed by Rob Woodall.
Where is the surname Woodall most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodall in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Woodall?: Woodall is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Woodall getting more or less common?: More common. 15,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,260 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Woodall?: Woodle.