Wooliston Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Wooliston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wooliston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wooliston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wooliston is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wooliston? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wooliston is the 3,957,383rd most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Wooliston are found; 48 percent are found in Caribbean and 48 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.

The last name Wooliston is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England Wooliston is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 50 percent reside, Oxfordshire, where 33 percent reside and Berkshire, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account England it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 48 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Wooliston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wooliston has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Wooliston surname expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wooliston
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