The surname Woolwine
A German surname, carried by 1,454 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W450
Origin
German origin
Probably an Americanized form of German Volkwein. It could also be a variant of Walwyn.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,454 people named Woolwine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,342 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,422.
Who is named Woolwine
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Woolwine identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Woolwine
Woolwine has the Soundex code W450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W450.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Woolwine come from?
- Probably an Americanized form of German Volkwein. It could also be a variant of Walwyn.
- How common is the surname Woolwine?
- 1,454 people in the United States had the surname Woolwine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,342 Americans. It ranked 18,831st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Woolwine?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Woolwine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Woolwine getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,454 in 2010, up 2.3%.