Whomersley Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whomersley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whomersley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:655,50738,035
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Wales41:773,63329,106
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Whomersley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Whomersley Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Whomersley is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Whomersley.

How Common Is The Last Name Whomersley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,918,812th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Whomersley occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Whomersley reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Whomersley is most numerous in England, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 655,507. In England Whomersley is most numerous in: South Yorkshire, where 74 percent are found, Lincolnshire, where 6 percent are found and Cornwall, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Wales, where 4 percent are found.

Whomersley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whomersley has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Whomersley last name increased 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Womersley951,802/
Womersleys900/
Wommersley900/
Womersly893/
Womorsley840/
Emersley783/
Omeresale741/
Emmersley740/
Omersel713/
Emersly710/
Omer Saleh701/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whomersley
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