How common is the surname Woodburn?

2,651 people in the United States had the surname Woodburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,464 Americans. It ranked 11,807th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Woodburn?

Danny Woodburn, American actor.

Where is the surname Woodburn most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodburn in the United States.

Is the surname Woodburn getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,651 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Woodburn

A surname, carried by 2,651 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W316

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodburn is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,651 people named Woodburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,464 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,691.

#11,807

rank among US surnames

2,651

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,869)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,799	Janda	2,654	116,332
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376
#11,804	McEwan	2,652	116,420
#11,807	Woodburn	2,651	116,464
#11,810	Killough	2,650	116,508
#11,815	Inglis	2,649	116,552

Who is named Woodburn

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

89% of people named Woodburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodburns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Danny Woodburn
American actor, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woodburn

Woodburn 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 Woodburn?: 2,651 people in the United States had the surname Woodburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,464 Americans. It ranked 11,807th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodburn?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Woodburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Woodburn?: Danny Woodburn, American actor.
Where is the surname Woodburn most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodburn in the United States.
Is the surname Woodburn getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,651 in 2010, down 1.5%.