Wool Surname

219,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,865 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin

Wool Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Wool (springs), in Dorset.

Wool Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4541:249,28423,717
England1731:322,07023,948
Nigeria721:2,460,31681,464
Australia471:574,37741,856
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Wales91:343,83718,086
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
China61:227,886,92811,701
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1031:236,65417,592
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2821:178,08015,904

Wool (94) may also be a first name.

Wool Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Wool (springs), in Dorset.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

One having short, thick hair. It may be a corruption of Wolf, or Will.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

1. A corruption of Will, for William. 2. From Wool, a parish of England, co. Dorset. "About Langport, co. Somerset, are persons of the labouring class who are commonly called Wooll, but they say that their real old name is Attwooll, probably a corruption of At-Wold. Inform. W. B. Paul, Esq." (Lower).

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Dorset Or from the German, Wolle; from the Danish, Uhl, Woll; a personal name.

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

Wool Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wool is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wool.

How Common Is The Last Name Wool? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wool is the 219,336th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,907,531 people. The last name Wool occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Wool are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 980,251st most common given name in the world. It is borne by 94 people.

The last name Wool is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,454 people, or 1 in 249,284. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 12 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live and Illinois, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.

Wool Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wool has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 516 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 168 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wool Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Wool surname are 4.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.65% registered with the political party.

The amount Wool earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.44% less than the national average, earning R 79,752 per year; in United States they earn 22.99% more than the national average, earning $53,071 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.34% less than the national average, earning $49,514 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wooll89208/
Woole8924/
Woohl891/
Woosl891/
Whool890/
Woolp890/
Woolt890/
Wol8626,191/
Woosle801/
Woolle801/
Wuol7511,113/
Wole757,395/
Woll756,688/
Wohl754,390/
Bool754,127/
Vool75225/
Woel75137/
Woul7591/
Whol7515/
Wosl756/
Wotl751/
Wolh751/
Wgol751/
Woil750/
Wootell731/
Wolle671,362/
Wohlt67318/
Woell67183/
Woule67126/
Wohld67120/
Woile6756/
Wolpp6743/
Wohle6733/
Whole6716/
Wholl6714/
Wocel6711/
Wotel677/
Wollt675/
Woyle675/
Wholt674/
Wolld674/
Booll673/
Voole673/
Wohll673/
Woltt673/
Woollová672/
Woelh672/
Uhool672/
Booyl672/
Woldd672/
Vooll671/
Hwole671/
Boohl671/
Wollh671/
Wolhs671/
Wolll671/
Wojlp671/
Wolhe671/
Whohl671/
Wollp671/
Woodtill670/
Voold670/
Whold670/

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