Woolford Surname

58,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Woolford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Walford': (1) a parish near Ross, Herefordshire; (2) a township in the parish of Leintwardine, Herefordshire; a township in the parish of Baschurch, Shropshire.

1572. Clement Walforde, St.

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Woolford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7361:132,47813,935
England2,3321:23,8933,311
Australia2,2601:11,9451,750
New Zealand3081:14,7022,578
Guyana2881:2,647483
Canada2421:152,25515,495
Wales1541:20,0942,123
Guernsey371:1,742400
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Trinidad and Tobago251:54,5594,614
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Scotland171:314,93014,413
France151:4,428,181244,602
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Panama71:558,8949,437
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0651:22,8883,201
Wales141:112,0304,740
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9471:53,0295,978

Woolford (38) may also be a first name.

Woolford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Walford': (1) a parish near Ross, Herefordshire; (2) a township in the parish of Leintwardine, Herefordshire; a township in the parish of Baschurch, Shropshire.

1572. Clement Walforde, St. Alban Hall: Register of the University of Oxford.

1663. Thomas Houghton and Hannah Walford: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1672. Thomas Francke and Elizabeth Walford: Marriage Lic (Westminster).

1787. Married — Thomas Walford and Mary Coleback: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wolford,' a parish in Warwickshire, near Shipston.

1669. Married — Samson Hisscockes and Ane Woolford: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1801. — Matthew Woolford and Elizabeth Clayton: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

V. Wolford.1

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Places in co. Hereford, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

1. A parish in co. Warwick. 2. Anglo-Saxon wulf. and weard. A defender against wolves. See Ferguson, p. 140.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Woolford, a parish and a township co. Warwick, doubtless named from some stream called the Wool; from ol, al, frequently found in local names, and signifying "water." Woolford may also sometimes be corrupted from the old German name Waldfrid.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Woolford Last Name Facts

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

Woolford is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woolford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woolford is the 58,973rd most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 851,548 people. The surname Woolford occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Woolford reside; 35 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 38 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2,736 people, or 1 in 132,478. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 26 percent reside, New York, where 5 percent reside and California, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 43 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 26 percent reside.

Woolford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woolford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Woolford surname expanded 289 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 219 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Woolford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Woolford surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Woolford are 8.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.51% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Woolford earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 46.87% less than the national average, earning 183,877 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.34% more than the national average, earning R 309,732 per year; in United States they earn 2.35% more than the national average, earning $44,161 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $51,611 CAD per year.

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Woolford Reference & Research

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Wolford FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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