How common is the surname Woolery?

2,826 people in the United States had the surname Woolery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. It ranked 11,189th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Woolery?

Chuck Woolery, American former game show host, talk show host, and musician (1941–2024).

Where is the surname Woolery most common?

Wikidata records people named Woolery in the United States.

Is the surname Woolery getting more or less common?

More common. 2,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,826 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Woolery

A surname, carried by 2,826 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woolery is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,826 people named Woolery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,671.

#11,189

rank among US surnames

2,826

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,933)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213
#11,189	Linde	2,826	109,252
#11,193	Boman	2,825	109,290
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368

Who is named Woolery

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

81% of people named Woolery identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woolerys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chuck Woolery
American former game show host, talk show host, and musician (1941–2024)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Woolery

Woller

Woolery has the Soundex code W460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W460.

Questions

How common is the surname Woolery?: 2,826 people in the United States had the surname Woolery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. It ranked 11,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woolery?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Woolery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Woolery?: Chuck Woolery, American former game show host, talk show host, and musician (1941–2024).
Where is the surname Woolery most common?: Wikidata records people named Woolery in the United States.
Is the surname Woolery getting more or less common?: More common. 2,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,826 in 2010, up 5.8%.