Wolleston Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Wolleston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolleston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wolleston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wolleston is more commonly found in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolleston? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Wolleston live; 100 percent live in Caribbean and 100 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

The surname Wolleston is most frequently used in Jamaica, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 956,649. In Jamaica it is primarily concentrated in: Middlesex County, where 67 percent are found and Surrey County, where 33 percent are found.

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Wolleston Reference & Research

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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 Wolleston
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