WOOD is ranked as the 47th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 397,011.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 124.51 people named WOOD for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named WOOD is
292,041, the rank is 75
and the proportion per 100k Americans named WOOD is 91.67.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WOOD is
90.1% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
5.6% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WOOD have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WOOD is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WOOD
The state with the most people named
WOOD is
California where
36,545 people have this name.
Utah is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WOOD, as
226.25 in every 100,000
Utahns
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Utah is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Jersey
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WOOD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
9,750
75.69
100.0%
Indiana
8,385
127.11
100.0%
Iowa
3,890
125.21
99.9%
Kansas
3,439
118.41
99.9%
Michigan
13,117
132.37
100.0%
Minnesota
4,545
83.28
99.9%
Missouri
4,314
144.1
99.8%
Nebraska
1,741
92.54
99.9%
North Dakota
442
59.81
99.3%
Ohio
12,641
109.03
100.0%
South Dakota
610
71.52
99.6%
Wisconsin
4,766
82.78
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name WOOD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,338
181.6
99.9%
Arizona
7,995
118.78
100.0%
California
36,545
94.18
100.0%
Colorado
7,483
139.71
100.0%
Hawaii
903
63.62
99.7%
Idaho
3,615
221.17
99.9%
Montana
1,498
146.38
99.9%
Nevada
2,898
102.08
99.9%
New Mexico
3,201
153.49
99.9%
Oregon
6,481
163.23
100.0%
Utah
6,658
226.25
99.9%
Washington
11,350
160.73
100.0%
Wyoming
839
143.67
99.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WOOD
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WOOD as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WOOD.
The most popular full name is James WOOD.
1.83% of all the people named WOOD
have this given name.
There are 5805 first
names associated with this last name.