Woollerson Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Woollerson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woollerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Woollerson Last Name Facts

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

Woollerson is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woollerson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Woollerson occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Woollerson reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Woollerson is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England it is most common in: Leicestershire, where 38 percent reside, Hampshire, where 19 percent reside and Lancashire, where 19 percent reside. Outside of England this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Norway, where 4 percent reside.

Woollerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Woollerson has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Woollerson last name increased 191 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wollerson9545/
Woolerson9515/
Wallerson84240/
Wollersen84116/
Vollerson842/
Bollerson840/
Walerson780/
Bolerson780/
Vollersen7454/
Volgerson7411/
Volearson741/
Ballerson740/
Valerson674/
Bollerschan670/
Boilersen631/
Vallersund607/
Walerjan5667/

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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 Woollerson
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