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    The surname Wooddell

    A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W340

    Wooddell: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wooddell #23,432, 1,085 people Wooddell: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wooddell #23,432, 1,085 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wooddell is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,085 people named Wooddell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 936.

    #23,432
    rank among US surnames
    1,085
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,929)

    Who is named Wooddell

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

    95% of people named Wooddell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wooddell

    Wooddell has the Soundex code W340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wooddell?
    1,085 people in the United States had the surname Wooddell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wooddell?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wooddell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wooddell getting more or less common?
    More common. 936 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, up 16%.