How common is the surname Woodman?

5,505 people in the United States had the surname Woodman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,085 Americans. It ranked 6,213th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woodman?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Woodman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Woodman?

Francesca Woodman, American photographer (1958 - 1981), followed by Nick Woodman.

Where is the surname Woodman most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodman in the United States.

Is the surname Woodman getting more or less common?

More common. 5,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,505 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Woodman

A surname, carried by 5,505 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W355

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodman is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,505 people named Woodman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,085 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,319.

#6,213

rank among US surnames

5,505

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,959)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,209	Breland	5,510	56,034
#6,210	Dulaney	5,507	56,064
#6,211	Steinke	5,506	56,074
#6,213	Woodman	5,505	56,085

Who is named Woodman

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

91% of people named Woodman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Francesca Woodman
American photographer (1958 - 1981)
Nick Woodman
American businessman, born 1975
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist (1920-2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woodman

Woodman has the Soundex code W355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W355.

Questions

How common is the surname Woodman?: 5,505 people in the United States had the surname Woodman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,085 Americans. It ranked 6,213th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodman?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Woodman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Woodman?: Francesca Woodman, American photographer (1958 - 1981), followed by Nick Woodman.
Where is the surname Woodman most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodman in the United States.
Is the surname Woodman getting more or less common?: More common. 5,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,505 in 2010, up 3.5%.