How common is the last name Woody?

17,436 people in the United States have the last name Woody, about 1 in 17,143. It ranks #2,026 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WOODY

#2,026

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,436
About
1 in 17,143
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,436 people with the last name Woody, 71.4% reported their origin as White, 15.9% as Black and 4.7% as American Indian or Alaska Native. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Woody

#2,024 Cates · 17,441#2,024 Grover · 17,441#2,027 Flaherty · 17,426#2,028 Waite · 17,416

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Woody, most common first.

#91 Wood · 238,948#150,205 Wooddy · 109

Also a first name

As a first name, Woody ranks #5,875 of 53,615, with 2,820 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1946, with 116 births. See Woody as a first name

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