How common is the surname Woodford?

4,989 people in the United States had the surname Woodford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,885 Americans. It ranked 6,757th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Woodford?

Michael Dean Woodford, American economist, followed by Stewart L. Woodford.

Where is the surname Woodford most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodford in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Woodford?

Woodford is /ˈwʊdfɚd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Woodford getting more or less common?

More common. 4,838 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,989 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Woodford

An English place surname, carried by 4,989 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwʊdfɚd/ 2 syllables Soundex W316

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodford is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

Woodford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 4,989 people named Woodford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,885 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,838.

#6,757

rank among US surnames

4,989

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,474)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,748	Neves	4,997	61,786
#6,749	Batres	4,996	61,799
#6,750	Benge	4,995	61,811
#6,751	Tseng	4,994	61,823
#6,752	McMinn	4,993	61,836
#6,753	Kight	4,992	61,848
#6,754	Zhong	4,991	61,860

Who is named Woodford

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

76% of people named Woodford identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodfords

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Dean Woodford
American economist, born 1955
Stewart L. Woodford
American politician and ambassador (1835–1913)
Jack Woodford
American writer (1894–1971)
Alexander George Woodford
British Army officer; (1782-1870)

Notable Woodfords come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Wadforth

Surnames that sound like Woodford

Woodford has the Soundex code W316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W316.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Woodford come from?: From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Woodford?: 4,989 people in the United States had the surname Woodford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,885 Americans. It ranked 6,757th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodford?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Woodford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Woodford?: Michael Dean Woodford, American economist, followed by Stewart L. Woodford.
Where is the surname Woodford most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodford in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Woodford?: Woodford is /ˈwʊdfɚd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Woodford?: Woodford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Woodford getting more or less common?: More common. 4,838 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,989 in 2010, up 3.1%.
What are other spellings of Woodford?: Wadforth.