The Wooten surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,249 people carried this name — #1,123 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,440 people counted. That is up 4% from 30,185 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wooten surname

Variant of Wootton.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wooten» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Wootton’.

An early record he cites: John de Wodeton or John de Wutton, Oxfordshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Wootton, Wotton and Wooten.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 827 · public domain.

In print

Wooten in American newspapers,
1922.

Newspaper page from The Liberal Democrat carrying the name Wooten
The Liberal Democrat 1922-02-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Wooten in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

735 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wooten. The most, 119, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 305
Victoria 164
Queensland 99
Tasmania 57
South Australia 56
Western Australia 35
ACT (Canberra) 15

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wooten.

Who carried it

People named Wooten,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dudley G. Wooten
    Dudley G. Wooten 1860–1929 · judge
  • Howard Adolphus Wooten
    Howard Adolphus Wooten 1920–1948
  • Emmett R. Wooten 1878–1915 · lawyer
  • H. H. Wooten 1894–1975 · agricultural economist
  • Kyle Wooten 1897–1935 · harmonicist
  • Bettie London Traxler 1922–2020

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wooten,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,507 records

1,507 records of the Wooten name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,009
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 392
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 50
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Neville C. Wooten

    Born 1922 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ray D. Wooten

    Born 1930; from Rapides County, Louisiana. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emma Wooten

    Arrived at New York in 1874 aboard the Wyoming from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 36; matron. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,507 records for Wooten in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia41 records

41 records of the Wooten name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Francis Clover Wooten

    Died 1888 in Emu Bay, Tasmania, aged 45. Will registered in Tasmania in 1888.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alfred Wooten

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Agnes Blaikie, aged 22; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Bridget Wooten

    Married 1877 in Brighton, Tasmania, aged 58.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 41 records for Wooten in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada16 records

16 records of the Wooten name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 15
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Wooten

    Came to Ontario in 1871 aboard the Austrian, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamilton, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Arnold Wooten

    Died 1901 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record George A. Wooten

    Married 1894 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 16 records for Wooten in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Wooten name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Wooten

    Scottish Rifles. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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