Woollford Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Woollford Surname Definition:

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.

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Woollford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:4,286,005132,302
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Woollford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

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

= Woolford, Wolford1, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

Woollford Last Name Facts

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

Woollford occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woollford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Woollford occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Woollford are found; 87 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,286,005. In England Woollford is most common in: Bedfordshire, where 54 percent live, Greater London, where 31 percent live and Buckinghamshire, where 8 percent live. Beside England Woollford exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Hong Kong, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Woollford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Woollford has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 325 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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