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    The surname Woodard

    A surname, carried by 46,240 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W363

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodard is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 46,240 people named Woodard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,677 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 44,830.

    #750
    rank among US surnames
    46,240
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #696)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #741Blackwell47,1756,545
    #742Dyer47,1706,545
    #743Prince47,1686,546
    #744MacDonald46,7176,609
    #745Solomon46,5346,635
    #746Guevara46,4546,646
    #747Stafford46,3946,655

    Who is named Woodard

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

    60% of people named Woodard identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Woodards

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alfre Woodard
      American actress, born 1952
    • Lynette Woodard
      American basketball player (born 1959)
    • David Woodard
      American conductor and writer, born 1964
    • Charlayne Woodard
      American actress, born 1953
    • Keivonn Woodard
      American actor, born 2013
    • Robert Woodard II
      American basketball player (born 1999)
    • James Woodard
      American basketball player (born 1994)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Woodard

    Woodard has the Soundex code W363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W363.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Woodard?
    46,240 people in the United States had the surname Woodard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,677 Americans. It ranked 750th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Woodard?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Woodard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Woodard?
    Alfre Woodard, American actress, followed by Lynette Woodard.
    Where is the surname Woodard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Woodard in the United States.
    Is the surname Woodard getting more or less common?
    More common. 44,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 46,240 in 2010, up 3.1%.