# Woodson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/woodson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,242 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,098 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,907 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (16,496 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Woodson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Woodson in the United States.

## People named Woodson

- Jacqueline Woodson, American children's writer and novelist (born 1963)
- Mike Woodson, American basketball player and coach
- Carter Godwin Woodson, American historian, writer, and journalist (1875–1950)
- Charles Woodson, American football player (born 1976)
- Robert Everard Woodson, American botanist (1904–1963)
- Rod Woodson, American football player and coach (born 1965)
- Silas Woodson, American politician (1819-1896)
- Sarah Jane Woodson Early, American writer (1825-1907)

## Similar surnames

Watson, Watkins, Whitson, Whitcomb, Wadkins, Weitzman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.