How common is the surname Woodhouse?

3,985 people in the United States had the surname Woodhouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,477 Americans. It ranked 8,316th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Woodhouse?

Samuel Washington Woodhouse, American ornithologist (1821–1904), followed by Danielle Woodhouse.

Where is the surname Woodhouse most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodhouse in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Woodhouse getting more or less common?

More common. 3,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,985 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Woodhouse

A surname, carried by 3,985 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodhouse is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,985 people named Woodhouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,477 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,917.

#8,316

rank among US surnames

3,985

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,839)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457
#8,316	Woodhouse	3,985	77,477
#8,317	Odle	3,984	77,496
#8,320	Michalak	3,983	77,516
#8,322	Kantor	3,982	77,535

Who is named Woodhouse

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

72% of people named Woodhouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodhouses

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Washington Woodhouse
American ornithologist (1821–1904)
Danielle Woodhouse
Australian water polo player, born 1969
Rob Woodhouse
Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, born 1966
Robyn Woodhouse
Australian high jumper, 1943–2026

Notable Woodhouses come mostly from Australia (3) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wodehouse

Surnames that sound like Woodhouse

Woods

Woodhouse has the Soundex code W320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W320.

Questions

How common is the surname Woodhouse?: 3,985 people in the United States had the surname Woodhouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,477 Americans. It ranked 8,316th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodhouse?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Woodhouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Woodhouse?: Samuel Washington Woodhouse, American ornithologist (1821–1904), followed by Danielle Woodhouse.
Where is the surname Woodhouse most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodhouse in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Woodhouse getting more or less common?: More common. 3,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,985 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Woodhouse?: Wodehouse.