Wolstenholme Surname

96,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,914 people bear this surname

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

Wolstenholme Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wolstenholme,' an ancient manor in Spotland, in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire; literally, 'the holm of Wolfstan'; v. Holm, and compare Wolstencroft.

Andrew de Wolstenholme, 1180: Baines' Lancashire.

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Wolstenholme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,0191:18,4562,635
United States6441:562,82446,323
Australia3991:67,6588,056
South Africa2941:184,27820,137
Canada2781:132,53813,752
New Zealand591:76,75111,256
Wales491:63,1545,613
Scotland481:111,5387,348
France281:2,372,240182,981
Isle of Man201:4,291899
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3861:10,2161,548
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Wolstenholme Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wolstenholme,' an ancient manor in Spotland, in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire; literally, 'the holm of Wolfstan'; v. Holm, and compare Wolstencroft.

Andrew de Wolstenholme, 1180: Baines' Lancashire.

1604. Margaret Wolstenholme, of Wolstenholme: Wills at Chester.

1608. Robert Wolstenholme, of Stansfield, parish of Rochdale: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Wolstenholme (Lancs), 14th cent. Wolfstanesholm, 13th cent. Wlstanesholme = Wulfstán’s Holm [Old English holm = Old Norse hólm-r, river- island or low waterside-land]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Wolstenholme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolstenholme occurs most in England. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolstenholme? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 96,740th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,483,017 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Wolstenholme reside; 64 percent reside in Northern Europe and 64 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 3,019 people, or 1 in 18,456. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater Manchester, where 29 percent are found, Lancashire, where 13 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account England this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Wolstenholme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wolstenholme has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wolstenholme last name expanded 127 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,741 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wolstenholme Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wolstenholme surname are 11.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.2% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wolstenholme earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.46% less than the national average, earning 296,036 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 67.28% more than the national average, earning R 397,512 per year; in United States they earn 8.07% more than the national average, earning $46,631 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.89% more than the national average, earning $50,127 CAD per year.

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