Wolpaw Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Wolpaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolpaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel941:91,03910,708
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Wolpaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolpaw is found in Israel more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolpaw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,637,889th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Wolpaw reside; 77 percent reside in West Asia and 77 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in Israel, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 91,039. In Israel it is primarily found in: Jerusalem District, where 70 percent live, Southern District, where 14 percent live and Central District, where 11 percent live. Excluding Israel it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Wolpaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wolpaw surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.78% registered with the party.

Wolpaw earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $46,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolpow83186/
Wolbuaw771/
Wolpov6752/
Walpow6718/
Walbaw671/
Wolpoff6299/
Volpova6224/
Wolobow621/
Welbayew574/
Wolobuew571/
Wilbow5076/
Volpov5041/

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Wolpaw Reference & Research

Wolper 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 Wolpaw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis