How common is the surname Woodbury?

7,144 people in the United States had the surname Woodbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,217 Americans. It ranked 4,924th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Woodbury?

Joan Woodbury, American actress (1915-1989).

Where is the surname Woodbury most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodbury in the United States.

Is the surname Woodbury getting more or less common?

More common. 6,908 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,144 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Woodbury

An English place surname, carried by 7,144 people in the United States.

3 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). Woodbury is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Woodbury 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 7,144 people named Woodbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,217 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,908.

#4,924

rank among US surnames

7,144

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,690)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,919	Shade	7,148	43,193
#4,922	Carreno	7,146	43,205
#4,923	Rana	7,145	43,211
#4,924	Woodbury	7,144	43,217

Who is named Woodbury

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

83% of people named Woodbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodburys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joan Woodbury
American actress (1915-1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woodbury

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Woodbury come from?: From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
How common is the surname Woodbury?: 7,144 people in the United States had the surname Woodbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,217 Americans. It ranked 4,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodbury?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Woodbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Woodbury?: Joan Woodbury, American actress (1915-1989).
Where is the surname Woodbury most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodbury in the United States.
What type of surname is Woodbury?: Woodbury is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Woodbury getting more or less common?: More common. 6,908 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,144 in 2010, up 3.4%.