Wookey Surname

272,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Wookey Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wookey,' a parish in Somerset, near Wells.

1620-1. Nicholas Wookey, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1690. Baptised — John, s. John Wookey: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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Wookey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6381:87,3329,508
United States2651:1,367,77094,877
Australia2101:128,55114,024
Canada1411:261,31624,674
South Africa831:652,74348,091
Wales681:45,5084,331
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4381:55,6526,609
Wales171:92,2604,121
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Wookey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wookey,' a parish in Somerset, near Wells.

1620-1. Nicholas Wookey, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1690. Baptised — John, s. John Wookey: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1808. Married — William Wookey and Alice Pritchard: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Wookey (Soms.), 13th-14th cent. Woky = the Soft Riparian Land [Middle English wook, wok, Old English wac, weak, soft + Middle English e)y, Old English íg, island, riparian land] The source of the R. Axe is in this parish.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Somersetshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Somerset.

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

Wookey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wookey (Arabic: ووكي) is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wookey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 272,070th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,092,625 people. The last name Wookey occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Wookey reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 638 people, or 1 in 87,332. In England it is most common in: City of Bristol, where 14 percent are found, Somerset, where 13 percent are found and Greater London, where 10 percent are found. Other than England it is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.

Wookey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wookey has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 520 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wookey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States Wookey are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.

The amount Wookey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.99% more than the national average, earning R 382,572 per year; in United States they earn 3.63% more than the national average, earning $44,716 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.58% more than the national average, earning $56,428 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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D'Bookey711/
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Wakeyo672,280/
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Wuikey677/
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Vookay674/
Vookea673/
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Wokoya673/
Wokawe673/
Woukeu673/
Wuoker672/
Wackey672/
Woigke672/
Wosker671/
Bookhe671/
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Wokuye671/
Bookeh671/
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Woikie671/
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Bookoy671/
Hwokhe671/
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Woodki670/
Woiker670/
Boocke670/
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Wojcke670/
Wuckey670/

Wookey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wookey in the Arabic language
ووكيwwky-

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