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

Wolaver is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolaver? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 497,277th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,991,774 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Wolaver live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Wolaver is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 550,849. In The United States it is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 19 percent are found, Texas, where 13 percent are found and Ohio, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Wolaver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wolaver has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wolaver 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 Republicans than the national average, with 60.9% being registered to vote for 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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