Wooff Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Wooff Surname Definition:

Assimilated forms of Woolf(e, Wolf(e, q.v.

Wooff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3791:147,01314,138
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
Canada561:657,95753,499
Wales291:106,7088,358
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1591:153,30413,459
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Wooff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Assimilated forms of Woolf(e, Wolf(e, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wooff Last Name Facts

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

Wooff occurs most in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wooff.

How Common Is The Last Name Wooff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 490,085th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,780,393 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Wooff reside; 62 percent reside in Northern Europe and 62 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 147,013. In England Wooff is most numerous in: Lancashire, where 14 percent live, Devon, where 11 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 7 percent live. Other than England it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Wooff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wooff has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wooff last name increased 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,375 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 725 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wooff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Wooff last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Wooff are 44.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 91.3% being registered to vote for 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woof891,334/
Woff89239/
Woofe8055/
Woffe807/
Woiff805/
Woeff803/
Whoff801/
Woofs801/
Booff800/
Wof75129/
Wouffe731/
Boff678,052/
Woow67363/
Waff67239/
Wuff6794/
Boof6778/
Wofe6732/
Woffová6722/
Voff6710/
Wozf674/
Woif674/
Woft674/
Wouf673/
Wofs672/
Woef672/
Woov671/
Hwof671/
Wwof671/
Wgof671/
Wüff671/
Wopf670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wooff
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