Wolford Surname

36,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Wolford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Walford': (1) a parish near Ross, Herefordshire; (2) a township in the parish of Leintwardine, Herefordshire; a township in the parish of Baschurch, Shropshire.

1572. Clement Walforde, St.

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Wolford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,1801:25,5613,217
Canada1231:299,55827,752
Guam821:1,953256
Hungary811:121,18911,343
England401:1,392,95161,553
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3091:21,7492,740

Wolford (93) may also be a first name.

Wolford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Walford': (1) a parish near Ross, Herefordshire; (2) a township in the parish of Leintwardine, Herefordshire; a township in the parish of Baschurch, Shropshire.

1572. Clement Walforde, St. Alban Hall: Register of the University of Oxford.

1663. Thomas Houghton and Hannah Walford: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1672. Thomas Francke and Elizabeth Walford: Marriage Lic (Westminster).

1787. Married — Thomas Walford and Mary Coleback: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wolford,' a parish in Warwickshire, near Shipston.

1669. Married — Samson Hisscockes and Ane Woolford: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1801. — Matthew Woolford and Elizabeth Clayton: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 belonging to Wolford (Warw,), 12th cent. Wlwarth, Domesday Uolwarde = the Wolf Bank or Shore (Wolford is on the R. Stour) [Old English wulf + Waroð, river-bank, &c.: v. under Warth] 2 for Walford, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wolford (enclosure protected from wolves), in Warwickshire.

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

Places in co. Hereford, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

1. A parish in co. Warwick. 2. Anglo-Saxon wulf. and weard. A defender against wolves. See Ferguson, p. 140.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Woolford, a parish and a township co. Warwick, doubtless named from some stream called the Wool; from ol, al, frequently found in local names, and signifying "water." Woolford may also sometimes be corrupted from the old German name Waldfrid.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Wolford derives from the Old English wulf with weard, meaning a 'place protected against wolves'. The Concise Oxfordshire Dictionary of English Place-names adds that weard might mean 'guard', and as such might here be unique usage, as an 'arrangement for protection', or 'fence', the whole name perhaps 'enclosure to protect flocks from wolves'.

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Wolford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wolford is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolford? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 36,201st most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 500,003 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Wolford are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 986,211th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 93 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 14,180 people, or 1 in 25,561. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 14 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 7 percent reside and Texas, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Guam, where 1 percent reside.

Wolford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wolford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wolford last name increased 614 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 7 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wolford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wolford surname are 22.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.01% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wolford earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.97% less than the national average, earning $39,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.31% less than the national average, earning $47,540 CAD per year.

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