How common is the surname Woodring?

5,176 people in the United States had the surname Woodring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,649 Americans. It ranked 6,542nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woodring?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woodring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Woodring?

Harry Hines Woodring, American politician (1890-1967), followed by Peter Woodring.

Where is the surname Woodring most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodring in the United States.

Is the surname Woodring getting more or less common?

More common. 4,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,176 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Woodring

A surname, carried by 5,176 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodring is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,176 people named Woodring in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,649 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,809.

#6,542

rank among US surnames

5,176

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,538	Manchester	5,182	59,580
#6,539	Milian	5,181	59,592
#6,540	Delosreyes	5,177	59,638
#6,542	Leffler	5,176	59,649
#6,546	Berglund	5,173	59,684
#6,548	Cannady	5,172	59,696

Who is named Woodring

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

95% of people named Woodring identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodrings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harry Hines Woodring
American politician (1890-1967)
Peter Woodring
American soccer player, born 1968

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woodring

Woodring has the Soundex code W365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W365.

Questions

How common is the surname Woodring?: 5,176 people in the United States had the surname Woodring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,649 Americans. It ranked 6,542nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodring?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woodring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Woodring?: Harry Hines Woodring, American politician (1890-1967), followed by Peter Woodring.
Where is the surname Woodring most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodring in the United States.
Is the surname Woodring getting more or less common?: More common. 4,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,176 in 2010, up 7.6%.