Wooler Surname
Approximately 1,018 people bear this surname
Wooler Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wooler,' a parish in Northumberland The surname having settled in Yorkshire has led to the impression that it meant a wool-merchant. There is, I believe, no evidence of this. The above is the natural solution.
Read More About This SurnameWooler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 498 | 1:111,884 | 11,526 |
| Australia | 209 | 1:129,166 | 14,085 |
| United States | 146 | 1:2,482,595 | 151,840 |
| New Zealand | 40 | 1:113,208 | 14,508 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 474 | 1:51,425 | 6,236 |
| Scotland | 56 | 1:66,843 | 4,009 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Wooler Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wooler,' a parish in Northumberland The surname having settled in Yorkshire has led to the impression that it meant a wool-merchant. There is, I believe, no evidence of this. The above is the natural solution.
Issabel Woller, 1487, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).
1694. Married — Thomas Wooller and Abigail Dawson: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1710. Baptised — Richard, s. Richard Woller: ibid.
1728. Married — William Wooller and Mary Morgan: ibid.
(English) belonging to Wooler (Northumb.), 14th cent. Wolloure, late 13th cent. Woloure [the second elem. evid. repr. Old English óra, a bank, shore: suffly. early forms are not available to decide the orig. of the first elem.]
A town and parish in Northumberland.
A Gauler or Waller, a foreigner, from the Anglo—Saxon "waller—went,"foreign men, strangers.
Wooler: a wool-monger, a collector of fleeces from farmers and yeomen. Also Woolner.
Wooler Demographics
Wooler Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Wooler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wooler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wooler is most common in England. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wooler? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 356,707th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,158,690 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Wooler reside; 53 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 498 people, or 1 in 111,884. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 17 percent are found, North Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found and East Sussex, where 8 percent are found. Besides England it occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Wooler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wooler has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wooler surname increased 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,327 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 66 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wooler Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Wooler surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wooler earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 19.68% more than the national average, earning R 284,412 per year; in United States they earn 10.56% more than the national average, earning $47,705 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.23% less than the national average, earning $43,110 CAD per year.
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