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    The surname Wooden

    A surname, carried by 7,547 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W350

    Wooden: #4,702 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wooden #4,702, 7,547 people Wooden: #4,702 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wooden #4,702, 7,547 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wooden is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,547 people named Wooden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,910 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,796.

    #4,702
    rank among US surnames
    7,547
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,768)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,693Carpio7,56140,834
    #4,694Graziano7,55940,845
    #4,695Damon7,55540,866
    #4,696Gearhart7,55340,877
    #4,697Larose7,55240,883
    #4,698Jorgenson7,55140,888
    #4,699Mosby7,54940,899

    Who is named Wooden

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

    52% of people named Wooden identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 52%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Woodens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Wooden
      American basketball coach (1910–2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wooden

    Wooden has the Soundex code W350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wooden?
    7,547 people in the United States had the surname Wooden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,910 Americans. It ranked 4,702nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wooden?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Wooden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wooden?
    John Wooden, American basketball coach (1910–2010).
    Where is the surname Wooden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wooden in the United States.
    Is the surname Wooden getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,547 in 2010, up 11%.