Wolen Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Wolen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 157 | 1:2,308,656 | 143,524 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Woleń (111) are calculated separately.
Wolen (39) may also be a first name.
Wolen Demographics
Average Wolen Salary in
United States
$48,864 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wolen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wolen is most common in The United States. It may also appear as: Woleń. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wolen is the 1,011,991st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Wolen are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wolen is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 2,308,656. In The United States Wolen is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 24 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and West Virginia, where 12 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.
Wolen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wolen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wolen last name grew 581 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wolen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wolen surname are 0.039999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.19% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wolen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 29.55% less than the national average, earning 243,820 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.24% more than the national average, earning $48,864 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.05% more than the national average, earning $49,706 CAD 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wolen
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