Wolrige Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Wolrige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolrige Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wolrige Last Name Facts

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

Wolrige has its highest incidence in Australia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolrige? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Wolrige occurs mostly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Wolrige are found; 47 percent are found in Australasia and 47 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most frequent in Australia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,173,726. In Australia Wolrige is primarily concentrated in: Queensland, where 52 percent live, New South Wales, where 35 percent live and Western Australia, where 9 percent live. Not including Australia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 29 percent live and England, where 16 percent live.

Wolrige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wolrige has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolrige Last Name Statistics demography

Wolrige earn more than double the average income. In Canada they earn 201.01% more than the national average, earning $149,551 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolridge93153/
Woolrige933/
Wolrigge931/
Woolridge885,693/
Wollridge887/
Woolriddge822/
Woollridge821/
Bolridge8021/
Woolrage8014/
Walridge808/
Wohlrage801/
Woolrege800/
Wallridge752/
Wualridge751/
Balrige712/
Balridge6723/
Wolryche671/
Valrigues631/
Ballridge630/
Valrege570/
Ballriche500/

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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
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  • 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 Wolrige
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