Willoughby Surname
Approximately 34,563 people bear this surname
Willoughby Surname Definition:
(Scandinavian) belonging to Willoughby (several) = the Willow-Farm [from an Old Norse cognate (*uilgi-r) ol Old English wylig = Low German wilge = Dutch wilg, willow + Old Norse bý-r, farmstead] One of the Linc. townships occurs as Willabyg in the nth cent.
Read More About This SurnameWilloughby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21,587 | 1:16,791 | 2,126 |
| England | 5,565 | 1:10,012 | 1,481 |
| Australia | 3,198 | 1:8,441 | 1,258 |
| Canada | 1,537 | 1:23,972 | 3,262 |
| South Africa | 590 | 1:91,827 | 11,236 |
| New Zealand | 516 | 1:8,776 | 1,517 |
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Ireland | 218 | 1:21,601 | 2,178 |
| Jamaica | 144 | 1:19,930 | 1,749 |
| Scotland | 142 | 1:37,703 | 3,617 |
| Northern Ireland | 106 | 1:17,406 | 2,244 |
| Belize | 85 | 1:4,182 | 771 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:48,352 | 4,540 |
| Barbados | 54 | 1:5,323 | 596 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 48 | 1:28,416 | 2,997 |
| Isle of Man | 27 | 1:3,179 | 679 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Guyana | 13 | 1:58,632 | 4,970 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 188 | 1:23,563 | 2,611 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,553 | 1:9,548 | 1,437 |
| Scotland | 34 | 1:110,095 | 5,249 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,478 | 1:20,266 | 2,562 |
Willoughby (514) may also be a first name.
Willoughby Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Scandinavian) belonging to Willoughby (several) = the Willow-Farm [from an Old Norse cognate (*uilgi-r) ol Old English wylig = Low German wilge = Dutch wilg, willow + Old Norse bý-r, farmstead] One of the Linc. townships occurs as Willabyg in the nth cent.; another as Wylugheby in the 13th cent. The Warw. parish, Wylughbi in the 14th cent., was Wilebei in Domesday-Book. Two of the three Notts places were Wilghebi c. 1200 and Wilgebi in Domesday-Bk., in which the Leic. Willoughby is entered as Wilechebi (ch for g).
2 Wilsden (Yorks), the Domesday Wilsedene-Wille’s Valley [Old English denu, a valley]
(English) One who came from Willoughby (homestead among willows), the name of various places in England.
Lord Middleton's family spring from Sir William de Willoughby, Lord of Willoughby, co. Lincoln, in the reign of Edward I. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men. In a genealogy of the family drawn up temp. Elizabeth, Sir John de Willoughby, a Norman knight, is said to have held that estate by gift of William the Conqueror. In 54. Henry II. Sir William de Willoughby went to the Holy Land with Prince Edward. Ext. Peerage.
Local. From the lordship of Willoughby, in Lincolnshire, England, given to a Norman knight by William the Conqueror.—The town or habitation by the willows.
Or De Muscamp, from Muscamp, Normandy, which was held by a branch of De Tilly (MSAN, xv. 175). This family settled at the Conquest in the north of England. In 1130 Reginald was of Northumberland (Rot. Pip.). Hugh de M., t. Henry I., gave lands to Nostel Priory, York (Mon. ii. 35) and 1165 Thomas was of Notts, and Hugh of Lincoln and York (Lib. Niger). Roger held Wilgebi, Lincoln, 1086. Robert de Muscam, his son, Seneschal to Gilbert de Gand, had issue Robert (Mon. i. 963), whose son Hugh de M. has been mentioned. His nephew, Ralph de Wilebi, occurs 1199 and 1208 (RCR, Hardy, Obl. et fin. 408). His great grandson, Sir William de Willoughby, m. the heiress of De Bec, Baron of Eresby; and hence sprang the Lords Willoughby of Eresby, so renowned in the French wars, and the Lords Middleton, Willoughby de Broke, and W. of Parham.
A location name in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire.
Willoughby Demographics
Average Male Willoughby Height
177.25 cm
Average Female Willoughby Height
161.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Willoughby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willoughby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Willoughby is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Willoughby? popularity and diffusion
The last name Willoughby is the 16,119th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 210,848 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Willoughby are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Willoughby is also the 372,822nd most common given name on earth, borne by 514 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 21,587 people, or 1 in 16,791. In The United States Willoughby is primarily concentrated in: Kentucky, where 9 percent are found, Georgia, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States Willoughby is found in 74 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.
Willoughby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Willoughby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Willoughby surname grew 871 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 218 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 116 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 418 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Willoughby Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (61%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Willoughby surname are 15.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.91% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Willoughby earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.17% more than the national average, earning 426,265 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.29% more than the national average, earning R 314,364 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.14% less than the national average, earning $20,628,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.55% less than the national average, earning $42,912 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.1% more than the national average, earning $52,219 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willougby | 95 | 88 | / |
| Willoghby | 95 | 38 | / |
| Wiloughby | 95 | 36 | / |
| Wlloughby | 95 | 4 | / |
| Willughby | 95 | 4 | / |
| Willloughby | 95 | 2 | / |
| Willhoughby | 95 | 2 | / |
| Willoughboy | 95 | 1 | / |
| Willoughbuy | 95 | 1 | / |
| Willoughhby | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wuilloughby | 95 | 1 | / |
| Willoughbey | 95 | 0 | / |
| Whilloughby | 95 | 0 | / |
| Willaughby | 90 | 7 | / |
| Willooghby | 90 | 7 | / |
| Willougbhy | 90 | 7 | / |
| Willoughbe | 90 | 3 | / |
| Willouhgby | 90 | 2 | / |
| Willoughbi | 90 | 1 | / |
| Willoighby | 90 | 1 | / |
| Wuillougby | 90 | 1 | / |
| Williughby | 90 | 1 | / |
| Wiloughbey | 90 | 0 | / |
| Willougjby | 90 | 0 | / |
| Billoughby | 90 | 0 | / |
| Whiloughby | 90 | 0 | / |
| Welloughby | 90 | 0 | / |
| Willogby | 89 | 2 | / |
| Wilougby | 89 | 0 | / |
| Willionghby | 86 | 0 | / |
| Willaghby | 84 | 1 | / |
| Willogbhy | 84 | 1 | / |
| Weloughby | 84 | 0 | / |
| Wllaughby | 84 | 0 | / |
| Wellonghby | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wlugbe | 63 | 5 | / |
| Bellogbe | 56 | 1 | / |
| Blogbe | 50 | 17 | / |
| Wlagbe | 50 | 4 | / |
| Wlagba | 50 | 1 | / |
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