Last Name WOODRUFF

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Meaning The wood-reeve or wood-bailiff.
'Woodroof,' from 'Wood-reeve,' the governor or keeper of a wood, a forester.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 1,258 (2000 US census) 1,180 (1990 US census)
Count 25,626 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.95%, or 21513 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 12.03%, or 3083 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 95 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.64%, or 164 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.49%, or 382 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.53%, or 392 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Scottish surnames

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