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    The surname Woodberry

    A surname, carried by 2,284 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W316

    Woodberry: #13,349 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Woodberry #13,349, 2,284 people Woodberry: #13,349 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Woodberry #13,349, 2,284 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodberry is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,284 people named Woodberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,178 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,151.

    #13,349
    rank among US surnames
    2,284
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,058)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,344Stroupe2,285135,118
    #13,349Starbuck2,284135,178
    #13,356Forst2,283135,237
    #13,357Knobloch2,282135,296

    Who is named Woodberry

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

    78% of people named Woodberry identified as Black (not Hispanic), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 78%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Woodberry

    Woodberry has the Soundex code W316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W316.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Woodberry?
    2,284 people in the United States had the surname Woodberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,178 Americans. It ranked 13,349th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Woodberry?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Woodberry identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Woodberry getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,284 in 2010, up 6.2%.