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    The surname Woolford

    A surname, carried by 1,881 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W416

    Woolford: #15,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Woolford #15,551, 1,881 people Woolford: #15,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Woolford #15,551, 1,881 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woolford is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Wool + ford.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,881 people named Woolford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,709.

    #15,551
    rank among US surnames
    1,881
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,699)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,546Weldy1,882164,052
    #15,551Buscher1,881164,139
    #15,560Struthers1,880164,226

    Who is named Woolford

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

    59% of people named Woolford identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Woolford

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Woolford come from?
    From Wool + ford.
    How common is the surname Woolford?
    1,881 people in the United States had the surname Woolford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. It ranked 15,551st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Woolford?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Woolford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Woolford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,881 in 2010, up 10%.