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    The surname Wooley

    A surname, carried by 6,109 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W400

    Wooley: #5,679 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wooley #5,679, 6,109 people Wooley: #5,679 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wooley #5,679, 6,109 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wooley is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Heterographic variant of Woolley.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,109 people named Wooley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,539 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,176.

    #5,679
    rank among US surnames
    6,109
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,196)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,671Elmer6,11950,457
    #5,672Shaughnessy6,11750,473
    #5,673Christopherson6,11550,490
    #5,674Serra6,11450,498
    #5,675Paradis6,11350,506
    #5,676Nowell6,11250,515
    #5,677Massa6,11150,523

    Who is named Wooley

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

    80% of people named Wooley identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wooleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sheb Wooley
      American musician and actor (1921–2003)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wooley

    Wooley has the Soundex code W400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wooley come from?
    Heterographic variant of Woolley.
    How common is the surname Wooley?
    6,109 people in the United States had the surname Wooley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,539 Americans. It ranked 5,679th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wooley?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Wooley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wooley?
    Sheb Wooley, American musician and actor (1921–2003).
    Where is the surname Wooley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wooley in the United States.
    Is the surname Wooley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,109 in 2010, down 1.1%.