How common is the surname Wootten?

1,186 people in the United States had the surname Wootten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wootten?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wootten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wootten?

George Wootten, Australian general.

Where is the surname Wootten most common?

Wikidata records people named Wootten in Australia.

Is the surname Wootten getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Wootten

A surname, carried by 1,186 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). Wootten is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,186 people named Wootten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,211.

#21,895

rank among US surnames

1,186

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,397)

Who is named Wootten

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

94% of people named Wootten identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Woottens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Wootten
Australian general, 1893–1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wootten

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

Questions

How common is the surname Wootten?: 1,186 people in the United States had the surname Wootten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wootten?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wootten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wootten?: George Wootten, Australian general.
Where is the surname Wootten most common?: Wikidata records people named Wootten in Australia.
Is the surname Wootten getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, down 2.1%.