Wollace Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wollace Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Wollace (331) may also be a first name.
Wollace Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wollace Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wollace occurs most in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wollace? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wollace is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Wollace are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 481,336th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 331 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Muranga County, where 80 percent live and Nandi County, where 20 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 11 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.
Wollace Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wollace has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wollace surname decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Wollace Reference & Research
Wallace - WALLIS FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Wallace - WALLIS 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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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 Wollace
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