Wolaver Surname

497,277th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 663 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wolaver Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolaver Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6581:550,84945,535
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1061:473,76133,810

Wolaver Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wolaver is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolaver? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wolaver is the 497,277th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 10,991,774 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Wolaver live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 550,849. In The United States Wolaver is most common in: Tennessee, where 19 percent live, Texas, where 13 percent live and Ohio, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Wolaver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wolaver has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 621 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolaver Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wolaver are 14.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.9% being registered with the political party.

Wolaver earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.59% more than the national average, earning $45,559 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
  • 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 Wolaver
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