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    The surname Wooldridge

    A surname, carried by 7,788 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W436

    Wooldridge: #4,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wooldridge #4,550, 7,788 people Wooldridge: #4,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wooldridge #4,550, 7,788 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wooldridge is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,788 people named Wooldridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,644 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,790.

    #4,550
    rank among US surnames
    7,788
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #4,216)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,541Vanwinkle7,81139,527
    #4,542Caldera7,80239,573
    #4,543Deboer7,79839,593
    #4,544Bricker7,79239,623
    #4,546DeAngelis7,79139,628
    #4,547Buchholz7,79039,634
    #4,549Pitman7,78939,639

    Who is named Wooldridge

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

    89% of people named Wooldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wooldridges

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stephen Wooldridge
      Australian cyclist (1977–2017)
    • Abbey Lincoln
      American singer (1930–2010)

    Notable Wooldridges come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Wooldridge

    Wooldridge has the Soundex code W436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W436.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wooldridge?
    7,788 people in the United States had the surname Wooldridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,644 Americans. It ranked 4,550th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wooldridge?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Wooldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wooldridge?
    Stephen Wooldridge, Australian cyclist (1977–2017), followed by Abbey Lincoln.
    Where is the surname Wooldridge most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wooldridge in Australia and the United States.
    Is the surname Wooldridge getting more or less common?
    About as common. 7,790 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,788 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.
    What are other spellings of Wooldridge?
    Waldridge.