Woodruff

Woodruff is the 1,396th most common surname in the United States, shared by 24,934 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 12,000.

By the numbers

People: 24,934
Rank: 1,396th
How common: 1 in 12,000
Per 100,000: 8.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Woodruff described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 80.0%
Black, not Hispanic 11.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Woodruff

Wilford Woodruff (1807–1898)President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
John Woodruff (1915–2007)American middle distance runner
Emily Woodruff (1846–1916)American archer
Charles Woodruff (1846–1927)American archer
Michael Woodruff (1911–2001)English surgeon and biologist; transplantation and cancer researcher
Chris Woodruff (born 1973)American tennis player
Blake Woodruff (born 1995)American actor
Bert Woodruff (1856–1934)American Vaudeville and silent film actor

People named Woodruff with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Woodruff

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.