Willaughby Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Willaughby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willaughby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Willaughby Last Name Facts

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

Willaughby has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Willaughby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Willaughby live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Willaughby is most frequent in: South Carolina, where 40 percent reside, Connecticut, where 20 percent reside and North Carolina, where 20 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 14 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Willaughby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willaughby has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 76 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Willaughby Last Name Statistics demography

Willaughby earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.74% less than the national average, earning $22,550 USD per year.

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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
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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 Willaughby
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