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    The surname Woolsey

    A surname, carried by 6,949 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W420

    Woolsey: #5,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Woolsey #5,049, 6,949 people Woolsey: #5,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Woolsey #5,049, 6,949 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woolsey is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Wolsey.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,949 people named Woolsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,430 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,805.

    #5,049
    rank among US surnames
    6,949
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,763)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,046Yeh6,95844,373
    #5,047Beeson6,95244,411
    #5,048Beardsley6,95044,424
    #5,049Woolsey6,94944,430

    Who is named Woolsey

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

    92% of people named Woolsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Woolseys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • R. James Woolsey, Jr.
      American lawyer, diplomat and politician, former director of the CIA (born 1941)
    • Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
      American writer (1835–1905)
    • Lynn Woolsey
      American politician (born 1937)
    • Robert Woolsey
      American comedian, 1888–1938

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Woolsey

    Woolsey has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Woolsey come from?
    Variant of Wolsey.
    How common is the surname Woolsey?
    6,949 people in the United States had the surname Woolsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,430 Americans. It ranked 5,049th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Woolsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Woolsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Woolsey?
    R. James Woolsey, Jr., American lawyer, diplomat and politician, former director of the CIA (born 1941), followed by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey.
    Where is the surname Woolsey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Woolsey in the United States.
    Is the surname Woolsey getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,949 in 2010, up 2.1%.