How common is the surname Woolever?

1,265 people in the United States had the surname Woolever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. It ranked 20,852nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woolever?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woolever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Woolever getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,265 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Woolever

A surname, carried by 1,265 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woolever is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,265 people named Woolever in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,324.

#20,852

rank among US surnames

1,265

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,028)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,843	Callaham	1,266	243,875
#20,852	Dickert	1,265	244,068

Who is named Woolever

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

94% of people named Woolever identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Woolever

Woolever has the Soundex code W416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W416.

Questions

How common is the surname Woolever?: 1,265 people in the United States had the surname Woolever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. It ranked 20,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woolever?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woolever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Woolever getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,265 in 2010, down 4.5%.