Wold Surname
Approximately 13,317 people bear this surname
Wold Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the weld,' from residence thereby. A woody or stubbly waste, a wold; compare Fenn; v. also Weale.
Walter de la Wolde, Fines Roll, 11 Edward I.
John atte Welde, Rot.
Read More About This SurnameWold Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,418 | 1:43,058 | 5,279 |
| Norway | 3,824 | 1:1,345 | 108 |
| Canada | 542 | 1:67,981 | 7,833 |
| Netherlands | 129 | 1:130,908 | 20,305 |
| England | 94 | 1:592,745 | 35,632 |
| Sweden | 83 | 1:118,636 | 8,469 |
| Denmark | 49 | 1:115,198 | 10,655 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 390 | 1:128,766 | 12,397 |
Wold (6,532) may also be a first name.
Wold Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the weld,' from residence thereby. A woody or stubbly waste, a wold; compare Fenn; v. also Weale.
Walter de la Wolde, Fines Roll, 11 Edward I.
John atte Welde, Rot. Pat., 4 Edward III. pt.
Willelmus del Weld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1614. James Welde: Register of the University of Oxford.
1632. Sir John Cutts and Anne Weld: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
1656. Married — William Kery and Roes Weld: St. Mary Aldermary.
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the wold,' from residence thereon; v. Weald or Weld.
John atte Wold, Close Rolls, 6 Edward III. pt.
Stephanus del Wold, 21-2 Edward I: Freemen of York (Surt. Soc).
(English) Dweller at the Wold (orig. a forest) [Old English w(e)ald, a forest] Cp. Waud.
(English) Dweller at, or in, the wold or forest.
"Founded," says Mr. Shirley, "by William Weld, sheriff of London in 1352." His posterity were seated at Eaton, co. Chester, till the reign of Charles II. Lulworth, co. Dorset, was purchased in 1641. Noble and Gentle Men.
An unwooded hill.
A wood, sometimes written Weald, the woody part of a country.
Wold: high open ground; but Weald, cognate with the German wald, is forest-land: Cotswold, Easingwold, The Weald of Sussex.
User-submitted Reference
Wold is a Norwegian surname, which comes from the name of over 200 farms with Wold or Vold in their name.
- Forebears.ioWold Demographics
Average Male Wold Height
177.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wold Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wold Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wold (Hindi: वोल्ड) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wold.
How Common Is The Last Name Wold? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wold is the 39,411th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 547,236 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Wold reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wold is also the 81,144th most frequent first name internationally, held by 6,532 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 8,418 people, or 1 in 43,058. In The United States Wold is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 16 percent reside, Washington, where 8 percent reside and Illinois, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 29 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Wold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wold has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 2,158 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 336 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wold Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wold surname are 7.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.94% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wold earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.76% more than the national average, earning 352,166 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.03% more than the national average, earning $47,475 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.07% more than the national average, earning $51,705 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woldt | 89 | 2,062 | / |
| Would | 89 | 392 | / |
| Wohld | 89 | 120 | / |
| Woldz | 89 | 8 | / |
| Hwold | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wolld | 89 | 4 | / |
| Woldd | 89 | 2 | / |
| Woold | 89 | 1 | / |
| Woldp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Woeld | 89 | 0 | / |
| Whold | 89 | 0 | / |
| Woulds | 80 | 152 | / |
| Wohldt | 80 | 8 | / |
| Whould | 80 | 6 | / |
| Woldts | 80 | 3 | / |
| Woeldt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woldte | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bold | 75 | 18,502 | / |
| Wald | 75 | 15,033 | / |
| Vold | 75 | 3,629 | / |
| Wolt | 75 | 435 | / |
| Wuld | 75 | 5 | / |
| Uold | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boldt | 67 | 20,889 | / |
| Bould | 67 | 2,255 | / |
| Waldt | 67 | 955 | / |
| Wohlt | 67 | 318 | / |
| Wolte | 67 | 228 | / |
| Wolcz | 67 | 64 | / |
| Walld | 67 | 32 | / |
| Boyld | 67 | 20 | / |
| Waldh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bolld | 67 | 9 | / |
| Voldt | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wollt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Boold | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wholt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bohld | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woltt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Boltd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Volds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vould | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whald | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boldh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Åvold | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buold | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuldt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Voild | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woelt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Voold | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woolt | 67 | 0 | / |
Wold Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wold in the Hindi language | ||
| वोल्ड | volda | - |
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