Wolgar Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Wolgar Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wulgar.' In Domesday the form is Wlgar, Warwickshire, and Vlgar, Cheshire.

William fil. Wulgar, 1164: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

1678. Baptised — Ann d.

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Wolgar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Wolgar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wulgar.' In Domesday the form is Wlgar, Warwickshire, and Vlgar, Cheshire.

William fil. Wulgar, 1164: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

1678. Baptised — Ann d. of William Wolgar: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1683. Buried —William, s. William Woolgar: ibid.

1685. William Woolger and Elizabeth Forth: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

(English) for the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wulfgár = Wolf-Spear [Old English wulf + gár, a spear]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An exceedingly common Anglo-Saxon personal name. Wulgar occurs on many coins and in records, and the Domesday spellings are Vlgar and Wlgar.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wolgar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolgar is most common in England. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolgar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Wolgar live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Wolgar is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 100 percent live. Barring England it occurs in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 33 percent live.

Wolgar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wolgar has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wolgar surname decreased 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woolgar922,261/
Wolgare924/
Wollgar922/
Woulgar921/
Woollgar8635/
Wollgard861/
Bolgar832,967/
Volgar8342/
Walgar838/
Wollgardt8016/
Wollgarth807/
Wolgaardt801/
Woolgarth800/
Bolghar77555/
Volgare77206/
Boulgar774/
Whelgar772/
Wulgart771/
Volgart771/
Walgart770/
Volgard770/
Bollgar770/
Walngar770/
Woolgarová751/
Walgaard7174/
Walgarth718/
Volgaard713/
Volgardt712/
Walengar712/
Boulghar711/
Volgaire711/
Vholgare711/
Boullgar710/
Bulgar671,623/
Bolgár67612/
Balgar67274/
Hvolgaard6783/
Vulgar6753/
Valgar679/
Walgor672/
Vhohlgare671/
Wallgarth670/

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Wolgar Reference & Research

Woolgar One-name Study - A profile of the Woolgar surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Woolgar FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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