How common is the surname Woomer?

1,098 people in the United States had the surname Woomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. It ranked 23,222nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woomer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woomer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Woomer getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,098 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Woomer

A surname, carried by 1,098 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woomer is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,098 people named Woomer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,104.

#23,222

rank among US surnames

1,098

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,916)

Who is named Woomer

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

95% of people named Woomer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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 Woomer

Woomer has the Soundex code W560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W560.

Questions

How common is the surname Woomer?: 1,098 people in the United States had the surname Woomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. It ranked 23,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woomer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woomer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Woomer getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,098 in 2010, down 0.5%.