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    The surname Wootton

    An English place surname, carried by 2,225 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W350

    Wootton: #13,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wootton #13,616, 2,225 people Wootton: #13,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wootton #13,616, 2,225 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wootton is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Wootton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,225 people named Wootton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,762 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,921.

    #13,616
    rank among US surnames
    2,225
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,612Rowlands2,226138,700
    #13,616Wootton2,225138,762
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887

    Who is named Wootton

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

    92% of people named Wootton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Woottons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bob Wootton
      American guitarist (1942-2017)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Wootton

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wootton come from?
    From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Wootton?
    2,225 people in the United States had the surname Wootton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,762 Americans. It ranked 13,616th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wootton?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wootton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wootton?
    Bob Wootton, American guitarist (1942-2017).
    Where is the surname Wootton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wootton in the United States.
    What type of surname is Wootton?
    Wootton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Wootton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,225 in 2010, up 16%.
    What are other spellings of Wootton?
    Whotton, Wootan, Wooten and Wooton.