Woller Surname
Approximately 3,398 people bear this surname
Woller Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wooler,' a parish in Northumberland The surname having settled in Yorkshire has led to the impression that it meant a wool-merchant. There is, I believe, no evidence of this. The above is the natural solution.
Read More About This SurnameWoller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,454 | 1:249,284 | 23,717 |
| Germany | 1,062 | 1:75,806 | 9,592 |
| Austria | 305 | 1:27,919 | 4,440 |
| Denmark | 177 | 1:31,891 | 3,313 |
| New Zealand | 83 | 1:54,558 | 8,669 |
| Mexico | 54 | 1:2,298,633 | 20,081 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Czechia | 41 | 1:259,353 | 34,723 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 59 | 1:413,142 | 24,536 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 209 | 1:240,281 | 20,076 |
Woller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wooler,' a parish in Northumberland The surname having settled in Yorkshire has led to the impression that it meant a wool-merchant. There is, I believe, no evidence of this. The above is the natural solution.
Issabel Woller, 1487, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).
1694. Married — Thomas Wooller and Abigail Dawson: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1710. Baptised — Richard, s. Richard Woller: ibid.
1728. Married — William Wooller and Mary Morgan: ibid.
Robertus de Woller who attested the grant by Andrew Mansel to Kelso Abbey (Kelso, 507), derived his name from Wooler in Northumberland.
For Waller, q.v.
(English) Dweller at, or near, a wall.
A town and parish in Northumberland.
A Gauler or Waller, a foreigner, from the Anglo—Saxon "waller—went,"foreign men, strangers.
Woller Demographics
Average Male Woller Height
179.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Woller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woller Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woller occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Woller click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woller? popularity and diffusion
The surname Woller is the 132,781st most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,144,657 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Woller reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Woller is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,454 people, or 1 in 249,284. In The United States it is most numerous in: Wisconsin, where 35 percent live, Minnesota, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent live and Austria, where 9 percent live.
Woller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Woller has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Woller surname expanded 696 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Woller Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Woller surname are 3.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.45% being registered with the party.
The amount Woller earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.39% more than the national average, earning R 352,632 per year and in United States they earn 2.62% more than the national average, earning $44,279 USD per year.
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