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    The surname Woodcock

    An English nickname surname, carried by 6,794 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W322

    Woodcock: #5,151 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Woodcock #5,151, 6,794 people Woodcock: #5,151 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Woodcock #5,151, 6,794 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodcock is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English wuducoc (“woodcock”), a nickname for a stupid or gullible person.

    Woodcock is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 6,794 people named Woodcock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,444 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,931.

    #5,151
    rank among US surnames
    6,794
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,676)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,142Rutkowski6,80545,370
    #5,144Damato6,80445,377
    #5,145Turney6,80345,384
    #5,146Tindall6,80245,390
    #5,147Pinckney6,80045,404
    #5,148Grisham6,79845,417
    #5,150Hutcherson6,79545,437

    Who is named Woodcock

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

    94% of people named Woodcock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Woodcocks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ashley Woodcock
      Australian cricketer, born 1947

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Woodcock come from?
    From Old English wuducoc (“woodcock”), a nickname for a stupid or gullible person.
    How common is the surname Woodcock?
    6,794 people in the United States had the surname Woodcock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,444 Americans. It ranked 5,151st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Woodcock?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woodcock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Woodcock?
    Ashley Woodcock, Australian cricketer.
    Where is the surname Woodcock most common?
    Wikidata records people named Woodcock in Australia.
    What type of surname is Woodcock?
    Woodcock is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Woodcock getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,794 in 2010, down 2.0%.