Wollaston Surname

253,937th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Wollaston Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wollaston': (1) a parish in Gloucestershire, near Chepstow; (2) a parish in Northamptonshire, near Wellingborough; (3) a chapelry in Salop, nine miles from Shrewsbury; (4) a manor in the parish of Old Swinford, Staffordshire, which early gave rise to a surname (v.

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Wollaston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6081:91,6429,853
United States4721:767,92159,720
Jamaica2271:12,6431,272
Australia1371:197,04919,369
Canada491:751,95159,756
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Isle of Man141:6,1301,329
Scotland91:594,86921,724
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1461:166,95514,226
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:534,24137,003

Wollaston (29) may also be a first name.

Wollaston Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wollaston': (1) a parish in Gloucestershire, near Chepstow; (2) a parish in Northamptonshire, near Wellingborough; (3) a chapelry in Salop, nine miles from Shrewsbury; (4) a manor in the parish of Old Swinford, Staffordshire, which early gave rise to a surname (v. Lower's Patronymica Britannica).

Ivo de Wolastone, Staffordshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Wolastone, Salop, ibid.

Saer de Wolaveston, Northamptonshire, ibid.

John de Wolaston, Bedfordshire, so Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

William de Wolaston, Northamptonshire, ibid.

1661. Buried — Margaret, d. John Woollaston: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1611-3. Samuel Wollerston, Norfolk: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(English) belonging to Wollaston or Wool(l)aston (several) = 1 Wulflaf’s Farm or Estate [the Anglo-Saxon pers. name (in the genit., Wulfláfes) is a compound of wulf, wolf + láf, heritage, relic:-tún, farm, &c.] 2 Wulfgar’s Farm or Estate [for the pers. name see under Wolgar]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A manor in Staffordshire, of which the family were lords in early times, and which they sold to the Aston family temp. Richard H. Wollaston is in the parish of Old Swinford. Some of the Wollastons may derive their name from other places so called in cos. Gloucester and Shropshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wollaston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wollaston is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wollaston? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 253,937th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,683,513 people. The surname Wollaston occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Wollaston live; 41 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in British Isles. Wollaston is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 29 people.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 608 people, or 1 in 91,642. In England Wollaston is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 17 percent are found, Greater London, where 16 percent are found and Staffordshire, where 7 percent are found. Beside England it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Jamaica, where 15 percent are found.

Wollaston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wollaston has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 416 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 502 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wollaston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wollaston are 5.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.96% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wollaston earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 3.1% less than the national average, earning R 230,268 per year; in United States they earn 6.16% more than the national average, earning $45,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.93% more than the national average, earning $62,067 CAD per year.

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