Woodruff is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Woodruff
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Woodruff

How popular is Woodruff?

Woodruff is common in United States.

Woodruff is ranked 14807 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Woodruff bearers increased by 2.575509 per cent in 2010 US census to 26286 since 2000, the surname slipped by 83 spots and ranked at 1341. The last name was found in around 89 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.02 83.95
Black 12.57 12.03
Hispanic or Latino 2.14 1.53
Others 2.13 1.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.37
Woodruff is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Mariana Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 35573 people have been found who wears Woodruff as their family name. Woodruff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
184,212 France3
549 Seychelles2
3,014 Taiwan2
4,164 Vietnam2
9,185 Hong Kong2
50,640 Switzerland2
723,167 Indonesia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
18,625 Japan2
124,220 Italy2
139,444 Brazil2
95,312 Argentina2
40,256 Mexico2
54,135 Philippines2
91,784 Netherlands2
34,681 Norway2
1,704,541 India1
10,958 Bangladesh1
1,818 Guernsey1
53,033 Nigeria1
42,479 Greece1
17,236 Ghana1
10,683 Cyprus1
174,544 Czech Republic1
30,360 Thailand1
49,529 Israel1
50,549 Georgia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
21,562 Portugal1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,435 Togo1
14,644 Tunisia1
13,447 Uganda1
17,575 Kuwait1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
24,176 Qatar1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
371 Guam47
26,164 Sweden36
55,100 Spain33
9,620 Singapore30
23,914 Denmark20
3,892 Guyana20
301 Northern Mariana Islands19
22,809 New Zealand19
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
528 Brunei79
26,687 Belgium59
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Woodruff:
5,173 Australia579
31,047 Germany336
22,865 South Africa256
2,864 Wales135
Countries with thousands of Woodruff:
3,468 England2,199
4,190 Canada1,082
Countries with ten thousands of Woodruff:
1,261 United States30,491
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Woodruff worked as gardner/grower and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on New World and arrived on September 21, 1849. Amelia Woodruff (32) Immigrant, U Woodruff, aged Born at sea, Mathew Woodruff, aged 6, Elizabeth Woodruff, aged 4, Workman Richard Woodruff, Immigrant Mrs Woodruff, William Woodruff, Of unknown age U-Mr. Woodruff, are others that migrated to US.

Woodruff Namesakes

  • Bille Woodruff, Music Video Director
  • Hale Woodruff, Artist
  • Asahel Davis Woodruff, Author
  • Ayla Woodruff, Blake Woodruff's sister
  • Bille Woodruff, Music Video Director
  • Billie Woodruff, Musical artist
  • Bille Woodruff, Music Video Director
  • Bob Woodruff, Football player
  • Blake Woodruff, Actor
  • Bob Woodruff, Journalist

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