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    The surname Woolum

    A surname, carried by 1,091 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W450

    Woolum: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Woolum #23,333, 1,091 people Woolum: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Woolum #23,333, 1,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woolum is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Unknown.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,091 people named Woolum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,061.

    #23,333
    rank among US surnames
    1,091
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,612)

    Who is named Woolum

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

    94% of people named Woolum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    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 Woolum

    Woolum has the Soundex code W450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Woolum come from?
    Unknown.
    How common is the surname Woolum?
    1,091 people in the United States had the surname Woolum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. It ranked 23,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Woolum?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woolum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Woolum getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,091 in 2010, up 2.8%.