Wolfindale Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wolfindale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wolfindale Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:1,428,66862,556
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wolfindale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolfindale is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolfindale? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. Wolfindale is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Wolfindale live; 74 percent live in Northern Europe and 74 percent live in British Isles.

Wolfindale is most frequent in England, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,428,668. In England it is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 74 percent reside, Wiltshire, where 8 percent reside and Greater London, where 5 percent reside. Besides England Wolfindale is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Wolfindale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wolfindale has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 163 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woolfindale950/
Wolfendale90621/
Wilfindale900/
Wolfondale900/
Wolfendall800/
Wolfendole800/
Wolfendil745/
Wolfendiel700/
Wolff-Nittel551/

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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 Wolfindale
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