How common is the surname Woodell?

1,531 people in the United States had the surname Woodell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,663 Americans. It ranked 18,177th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woodell?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Woodell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Where is the surname Woodell most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodell in the United States.

Is the surname Woodell getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,531 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Woodell

A surname, carried by 1,531 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodell is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,531 people named Woodell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,663 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,548.

#18,177

rank among US surnames

1,531

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,944)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,177	Albury	1,531	201,663
#18,184	Colvard	1,530	201,794

Who is named Woodell

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

89% of people named Woodell identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Colin Woodell
American actor, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woodell

Woodell 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 Woodell?: 1,531 people in the United States had the surname Woodell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,663 Americans. It ranked 18,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodell?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Woodell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Woodell?: Colin Woodell, American actor.
Where is the surname Woodell most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodell in the United States.
Is the surname Woodell getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,531 in 2010, down 1.1%.