Wooff Surname
Approximately 676 people bear this surname
Wooff Surname Definition:
Assimilated forms of Woolf(e, Wolf(e, q.v.
Wooff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 379 | 1:147,013 | 14,138 |
| United States | 165 | 1:2,196,721 | 138,143 |
| Canada | 56 | 1:657,957 | 53,499 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 159 | 1:153,304 | 13,459 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Wooff Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Assimilated forms of Woolf(e, Wolf(e, q.v.
Wooff Demographics
Wooff Political Affiliation
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Wooff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wooff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wooff is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wooff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 490,085th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. The surname Wooff is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Wooff are found; 62 percent are found in Northern Europe and 62 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 379 people, or 1 in 147,013. In England Wooff is most frequent in: Lancashire, where 14 percent reside, Devon, where 11 percent reside and Greater Manchester, where 7 percent reside. Outside of England Wooff occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.
Wooff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wooff has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wooff last name grew 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,375 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 725 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wooff Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wooff surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Wooff surname are 44.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 91.3% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wooff earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 5.94% less than the national average, earning R 223,524 per year; in United States they earn 15.27% more than the national average, earning $49,736 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.25% more than the national average, earning $50,800 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woof | 89 | 1,334 | / |
| Woff | 89 | 239 | / |
| Woofe | 80 | 55 | / |
| Woffe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Woiff | 80 | 5 | / |
| Woeff | 80 | 3 | / |
| Whoff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woofs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Booff | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wof | 75 | 129 | / |
| Wouffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boff | 67 | 8,052 | / |
| Woow | 67 | 363 | / |
| Waff | 67 | 239 | / |
| Wuff | 67 | 94 | / |
| Boof | 67 | 78 | / |
| Wofe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Woffová | 67 | 22 | / |
| Voff | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wozf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woft | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wouf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wofs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wwof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wgof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wüff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wopf | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
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