Wold Surname

39,411th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

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.

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Wold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,4181:43,0585,279
Norway3,8241:1,345108
Canada5421:67,9817,833
Netherlands1291:130,90820,305
England941:592,74535,632
Sweden831:118,6368,469
Denmark491:115,19810,655
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
Australia421:642,75544,739
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
China41:341,830,39216,990
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3901:128,76612,397

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the Wold (orig. a forest) [Old English w(e)ald, a forest] Cp. Waud.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at, or in, the wold or forest.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

"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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

An unwooded hill.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A wood, sometimes written Weald, the woody part of a country.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Wold: high open ground; but Weald, cognate with the German wald, is forest-land: Cotswold, Easingwold, The Weald of Sussex.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

User-submitted Reference

Wold is a Norwegian surname, which comes from the name of over 200 farms with Wold or Vold in their name.

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Wold Last Name Facts

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

Wold (Hindi: वोल्ड) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wold? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 39,411th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 547,236 people. The last name Wold is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Wold reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 81,144th most common first name worldwide, borne by 6,532 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 8,418 people, or 1 in 43,058. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 16 percent are found, Washington, where 8 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 43 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Wold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wold has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wold surname rose 2,158 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 336 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wold surname are 7.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.94% registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woldt892,062/
Would89392/
Wohld89120/
Woldz898/
Hwold894/
Wolld894/
Woldd892/
Woold891/
Woldp891/
Woeld890/
Whold890/
Woulds80152/
Wohldt808/
Whould806/
Woldts803/
Woeldt801/
Woldte800/
Bold7518,502/
Wald7515,033/
Vold753,629/
Wolt75435/
Wuld755/
Uold751/
Boldt6720,889/
Bould672,255/
Waldt67955/
Wohlt67318/
Wolte67228/
Wolcz6764/
Walld6732/
Boyld6720/
Waldh6718/
Bolld679/
Voldt678/
Wollt675/
Boold675/
Wholt674/
Bohld674/
Woltt673/
Boltd673/
Volds672/
Vould672/
Whald672/
Boldh672/
Åvold672/
Buold671/
Wahld671/
Wuldt670/
Voild670/
Woelt670/
Voold670/
Woolt670/

Wold Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wold in the Hindi language
वोल्डvolda-

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