How common is the surname Woodfin?

1,949 people in the United States had the surname Woodfin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Woodfin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Woodfin

A surname, carried by 1,949 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W315

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodfin is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,949 people named Woodfin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,921.

#15,127

rank among US surnames

1,949

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,120	Fuhrmann	1,951	158,250
#15,124	Wipf	1,950	158,331
#15,127	Parman	1,949	158,412

Who is named Woodfin

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

84% of people named Woodfin identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Woodfin?: 1,949 people in the United States had the surname Woodfin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodfin?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Woodfin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Woodfin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 1.5%.