Willescroft Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Willescroft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Willescroft Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:5,065,278148,650
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Willescroft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Willescroft occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Willescroft? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Willescroft live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Willescroft is most common in England, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 64 percent are found, Cheshire, where 9 percent are found and Northamptonshire, where 9 percent are found.

Willescroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Willescroft has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 183 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willscroft953/
Williscroft91756/
Wollescroft910/
Wellescroft910/
Wilscroft900/
Woollescroft870/
Williscraft8225/
Wolliscroft8214/
Williscroff820/
Woolescroft820/
Woolliscroft78836/
Woolscroft762/
Woliscroft760/
Wooliscroft73236/
Wooluscroft731/
Wooloscroft731/
Wooliscoft671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Willescroft
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