Wooby Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Wooby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wooby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:1,797,35772,927
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Wooby (70) may also be a first name.

Wooby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wooby occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wooby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,185,341st most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Wooby are found; 43 percent are found in Northern Europe and 43 percent are found in British Isles. Wooby is also the 1,162,016th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 70 people.

The surname Wooby is most widely held in England, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 1,797,357. In England it is primarily found in: Suffolk, where 58 percent are found, Essex, where 19 percent are found and Oxfordshire, where 19 percent are found. Not including England this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Australia, where 25 percent are found.

Wooby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wooby has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wooby last name increased 443 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 105 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wooby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wooby last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Wooby earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.01% more than the national average, earning $63,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woobey9120/
Woobay9112/
Woby8960/
Booby8025/
Wobey8010/
Wobay803/
Wobyo801/
Wobiy801/
Wohby801/
Woobe800/
Woobaa7384/
Boobay733/
Boobey733/
Woobie732/
Wobyth731/
Woubey731/
Whobay731/
Wuobay731/
Whobey730/
Boby6717,890/
Woba676,015/
Waby67670/
Wobi67494/
Wobe67379/
Wovy671/
Wuby671/
Booyhby671/

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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 Wooby
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