Woledge Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Woledge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woledge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
England361:1,547,72466,012
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560

Woledge Last Name Facts

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

Woledge is most common in New Zealand. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Woledge? popularity and diffusion

The last name Woledge is the 1,795,579th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Woledge reside; 57 percent reside in Australasia and 57 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Woledge is most frequently occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 98,442. In New Zealand it is most frequent in: Bay of Plenty Region, where 30 percent live, Wellington Region, where 30 percent live and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account New Zealand this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Woledge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Woledge has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Woledge surname expanded 106 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Woledge
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