How common is the surname Woodyard?

3,032 people in the United States had the surname Woodyard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. It ranked 10,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Woodyard?

Sam Woodyard, American jazz drummer (1925–1988).

Where is the surname Woodyard most common?

Wikidata records people named Woodyard in the United States.

Is the surname Woodyard getting more or less common?

More common. 2,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,032 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Woodyard

A surname, carried by 3,032 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). Woodyard is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,032 people named Woodyard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,897.

#10,572

rank among US surnames

3,032

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,563	Nadler	3,034	101,762
#10,565	Mullikin	3,033	101,795
#10,572	Larocque	3,032	101,829
#10,577	Hartzog	3,031	101,863

Who is named Woodyard

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

78% of people named Woodyard identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woodyards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer (1925–1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woodyard

Woodyard 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 Woodyard?: 3,032 people in the United States had the surname Woodyard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. It ranked 10,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woodyard?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Woodyard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Woodyard?: Sam Woodyard, American jazz drummer (1925–1988).
Where is the surname Woodyard most common?: Wikidata records people named Woodyard in the United States.
Is the surname Woodyard getting more or less common?: More common. 2,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,032 in 2010, up 4.7%.