How common is the surname Woodworth?

9,361 people in the United States had the surname Woodworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,982 Americans. It ranked 3,782nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woodworth?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woodworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Woodworth?

Robert S. Woodworth, American psychologist & scholar (1869–1962), followed by James Hutchinson Woodworth.

Where is the surname Woodworth most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodworth in the United States.

Is the surname Woodworth getting more or less common?

More common. 9,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,361 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Woodworth

A surname, carried by 9,361 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woodworth is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,361 people named Woodworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,982 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,278.

#3,782

rank among US surnames

9,361

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,519)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,773	Cousins	9,380	32,915
#3,774	Mull	9,377	32,926
#3,775	Hasan	9,374	32,936
#3,776	Jacoby	9,372	32,943
#3,777	Edmond	9,369	32,954
#3,779	Derrick	9,365	32,968
#3,780	Abarca	9,363	32,975

Who is named Woodworth

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

94% of people named Woodworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodworths

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert S. Woodworth
American psychologist & scholar (1869–1962)
James Hutchinson Woodworth
American politician (1804–1869)
Alexi Lalas
American soccer player, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woodworth

Woodworth has the Soundex code W363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W363.

Questions

How common is the surname Woodworth?: 9,361 people in the United States had the surname Woodworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,982 Americans. It ranked 3,782nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodworth?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woodworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Woodworth?: Robert S. Woodworth, American psychologist & scholar (1869–1962), followed by James Hutchinson Woodworth.
Where is the surname Woodworth most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodworth in the United States.
Is the surname Woodworth getting more or less common?: More common. 9,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,361 in 2010, up 0.9%.