Explore the Family Name Woodmansee

The meaning of Woodmansee

English (London): habitational name from Woodmansey in East Yorkshire, probably named from Old English wudumann ‘woodman, forester’ + sǣ ‘sea, lake’ or from wudumannes (genitive form of wuduman) + ēa ‘river, stream’.

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How common is the last name Woodmansee in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Woodmansee saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Woodmansee ranked 17,685 in popularity, but by 2010 it had slipped to rank 18,729, marking a change of -5.9%. Despite this, the actual count of people with the Woodmansee surname increased slightly from 1,462 in 2000 to 1,466 in 2010 — a growth of 0.27%. However, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people decreased by 7.41% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,685	#18,729	-5.9%
Count	1,462	1,466	0.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.54	0.5	-7.41%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Woodmansee

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of those with the Woodmansee surname identify as White, accounting for 95.21% in 2000 and 94.75% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic experienced a significant increase over the decade, rising from 1.71% in 2000 to 2.59% in 2010, a growth of 51.46%. The data also reveals a small presence of Asian/Pacific Islander and Black ethnic identities (both at less than 1%) within the Woodmansee population. Interestingly, the percentage of those identifying with two or more races and American Indian/ Alaskan Native saw decreases of 19.44% and 36% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.21%	94.75%	-0.48%
Hispanic	1.71%	2.59%	51.46%
Two or More Races	1.44%	1.16%	-19.44%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.68%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.75%	0.48%	-36%
Black	0%	0.34%	0%