Woolford Surname
Approximately 8,558 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWoolford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,736 | 1:132,478 | 13,935 |
| England | 2,332 | 1:23,893 | 3,311 |
| Australia | 2,260 | 1:11,945 | 1,750 |
| New Zealand | 308 | 1:14,702 | 2,578 |
| Guyana | 288 | 1:2,647 | 483 |
| Canada | 242 | 1:152,255 | 15,495 |
| Wales | 154 | 1:20,094 | 2,123 |
| Guernsey | 37 | 1:1,742 | 400 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 25 | 1:54,559 | 4,614 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,065 | 1:22,888 | 3,201 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:112,030 | 4,740 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 947 | 1:53,029 | 5,978 |
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.
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.
V. Wolford.1
Places in co. Hereford, &c.
1. A parish in co. Warwick. 2. Anglo-Saxon wulf. and weard. A defender against wolves. See Ferguson, p. 140.
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.
Woolford Demographics
Average Male Woolford Height
175.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Wolford DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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