Woolgar Surname

187,128th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Woolgar Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wulgar.' In Domesday the form is Wlgar, Warwickshire, and Vlgar, Cheshire.

William fil. Wulgar, 1164: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

1678. Baptised — Ann d.

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Woolgar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5051:37,0224,842
Canada2641:139,56714,363
United States1561:2,323,455144,218
Australia1341:201,46019,724
South Africa721:752,46852,376
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Wales181:171,91811,581
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Isle of Man111:7,8021,618
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0731:22,7173,187
Wales21:784,20816,349

Woolgar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wulgar.' In Domesday the form is Wlgar, Warwickshire, and Vlgar, Cheshire.

William fil. Wulgar, 1164: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

1678. Baptised — Ann d. of William Wolgar: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1683. Buried —William, s. William Woolgar: ibid.

1685. William Woolger and Elizabeth Forth: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

V. Wolgar, Wolger Wulfgár, occurring in Domesday-Bk. as Ulgar, and as Wulgar in the 12th cent., was a common Anglo-Saxon name.

Wulfgár maþelode, þæt waes Wendla leód (Wulfgár spoke, that was the Wendels’ chief).—Beówulf, 701-2.

The O.Low Ger. form was Wulfger.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An exceedingly common Anglo-Saxon personal name. Wulgar occurs on many coins and in records, and the Domesday spellings are Vlgar and Wlgar.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Woolgar Last Name Facts

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

Woolgar occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Woolgar? popularity and diffusion

Woolgar is the 187,128th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 3,223,152 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Woolgar reside; 69 percent reside in Northern Europe and 69 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Woolgar is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 1,505 people, or 1 in 37,022. In England Woolgar is most numerous in: Greater London, where 15 percent are found, West Sussex, where 15 percent are found and Hampshire, where 10 percent are found. Besides England it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Woolgar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woolgar has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Woolgar surname rose 140 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Woolgar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Woolgar last name are 36.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Woolgar earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 35.87% more than the national average, earning R 322,884 per year; in United States they earn 6.87% more than the national average, earning $46,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.85% more than the national average, earning $56,068 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woollgar9335/
Wolgar926/
Woolgarth880/
Wolgare864/
Wollgar862/
Woulgar861/
Woolgarová821/
Wollgard801/
Bolgar772,967/
Volgar7742/
Walgar778/
Wollgardt7516/
Wollgarth757/
Wolgaardt751/
Bolghar71555/
Volgare71206/
Boulgar714/
Volgart711/
Wulgart711/
Walngar710/
Bollgar710/
Volgard710/
Walgart710/
Walgaard6774/
Walgarth678/
Volgaard673/
Volgardt672/
Walengar672/
Boulghar671/
Vholgare671/
Volgaire671/
Boullgar670/

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Woolgar Reference & Research

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Woolgar 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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