How common is the last name Wood?

238,948 people in the United States have the last name Wood, about 1 in 1,251. It ranks #91 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WOOD

#91

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
238,948
About
1 in 1,251
This common or more
16.1%
Who bears it

Of the 238,948 people with the last name Wood, 85.6% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wood

#89 Gray · 241,208#90 Bennett · 239,397#92 Ruiz · 237,286#93 Chen · 233,798

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wood, most common first.

#2,026 Woody · 17,436

Also a first name

As a first name, Wood ranks #21,719 of 53,615, with 465 people. See Wood as a first name

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