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    The surname Woolf

    A surname, carried by 4,485 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /wʊlf/ 1 syllable Soundex W410

    Woolf: #7,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Woolf #7,426, 4,485 people Woolf: #7,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Woolf #7,426, 4,485 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woolf is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,485 people named Woolf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,840 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,346.

    #7,426
    rank among US surnames
    4,485
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #7,093)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,418Breslin4,49068,763
    #7,420DiGiovanni4,48768,809
    #7,421Tower4,48668,824
    #7,426Nealy4,48568,840
    #7,429Kiger4,48468,855
    #7,430Marinelli4,48368,870
    #7,431Conard4,48268,886

    Who is named Woolf

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

    94% of people named Woolf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Woolfs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ben Woolf
      American actor (1980-2015)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Woolf

    Woolf has the Soundex code W410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W410.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Woolf?
    4,485 people in the United States had the surname Woolf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,840 Americans. It ranked 7,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Woolf?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woolf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Woolf?
    Ben Woolf, American actor (1980-2015).
    Where is the surname Woolf most common?
    Wikidata records people named Woolf in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Woolf?
    Woolf is /wʊlf/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Woolf getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,485 in 2010, up 3.2%.