How common is the surname Wooten?

31,249 people in the United States had the surname Wooten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,880 Americans. It ranked 1,123rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wooten?

Victor Wooten, American bass guitarist.

Where is the surname Wooten most common?

Wikidata records people named Wooten in the United States.

Is the surname Wooten getting more or less common?

More common. 30,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,249 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Wooten

A surname, carried by 31,249 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wooten is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Wootton.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,249 people named Wooten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,880 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,185.

#1,123

rank among US surnames

31,249

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,060)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,114	Donnelly	31,505	9,800
#1,115	Britt	31,474	9,810
#1,116	Craft	31,452	9,816
#1,117	Odell	31,349	9,849
#1,118	Daly	31,330	9,855
#1,119	Winter	31,310	9,861
#1,120	Abraham	31,303	9,863

Who is named Wooten

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

66% of people named Wooten identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wootens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Victor Wooten
American bass guitarist, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wooten

Wooten has the Soundex code W350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W350.

Questions

Where does the surname Wooten come from?: Variant of Wootton.
How common is the surname Wooten?: 31,249 people in the United States had the surname Wooten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,880 Americans. It ranked 1,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wooten?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Wooten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wooten?: Victor Wooten, American bass guitarist.
Where is the surname Wooten most common?: Wikidata records people named Wooten in the United States.
Is the surname Wooten getting more or less common?: More common. 30,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,249 in 2010, up 3.5%.