How common is the surname Wooton?

1,975 people in the United States had the surname Wooton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. It ranked 14,970th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wooton getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,975 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Wooton

A surname, carried by 1,975 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). Wooton is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Wootton.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,975 people named Wooton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,015.

#14,970

rank among US surnames

1,975

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #13,780)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,965	Smathers	1,976	156,248
#14,970	Hagopian	1,975	156,327
#14,976	Charland	1,974	156,406
#14,979	Traore	1,973	156,485

Who is named Wooton

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

91% of people named Wooton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wooton

Wooton 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 Wooton come from?: Variant of Wootton.
How common is the surname Wooton?: 1,975 people in the United States had the surname Wooton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. It ranked 14,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wooton?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wooton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wooton getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,975 in 2010, down 2.0%.