Wolever Surname

626,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wolever Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolever Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4771:759,87259,214
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

Wolever Last Name Facts

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

Wolever is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolever? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wolever is the 626,382nd most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Wolever live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 759,872. In The United States Wolever is most frequent in: Illinois, where 25 percent are found, Ohio, where 11 percent are found and Michigan, where 11 percent are found. Besides The United States Wolever exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

Wolever Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wolever has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wolever surname rose 477 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolever Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wolever surname are 21.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.04% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wolever earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.43% more than the national average, earning $46,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.48% more than the national average, earning $54,890 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
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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 Wolever
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