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    The surname Wooding

    A surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W352

    Wooding: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wooding #20,601, 1,286 people Wooding: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wooding #20,601, 1,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wooding is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,286 people named Wooding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,237.

    #20,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,286
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,055)

    Who is named Wooding

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

    58% of people named Wooding identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Woodings

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chris Wooding
      British children's writer, born 1977
    • Sam Wooding
      American jazz pianist (1895–1985)

    Notable Woodings come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wooding

    Wooding has the Soundex code W352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wooding?
    1,286 people in the United States had the surname Wooding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wooding?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Wooding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wooding?
    Chris Wooding, British children's writer, followed by Sam Wooding.
    Where is the surname Wooding most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wooding in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    Is the surname Wooding getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 4.0%.