Willoughly Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Willoughly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willoughly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belize11:355,4743,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Willoughly Last Name Facts

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

Willoughly has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Willoughly? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Willoughly are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 25 percent reside, North Carolina, where 25 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 25 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Belize, where 20 percent reside.

Willoughly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willoughly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Willoughly last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Willoughly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Willoughly last name is chiefly Anglican (55%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willoughley953/
Willoughhly951/
Willoughloy951/
Willonghly900/
Willaughly900/
Willougley900/
Wiloughley900/
Willaghley800/
Billogly780/
Blagly502/
Blogle502/
Blogli501/

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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 Willoughly
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