Woolliscroft Surname

416,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Woolliscroft Surname Definition:

(English) [Old English croft, a small field: the first elem. is one of the Anglo-Saxon pers. names in Wulf- in the genit.]

Woolliscroft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7051:79,0338,835
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Wales191:162,87011,152
Oman41:921,9937,313
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1471:165,81914,183
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Woolliscroft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) [Old English croft, a small field: the first elem. is one of the Anglo-Saxon pers. names in Wulf- in the genit.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Woolliscroft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woolliscroft is found most in England. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Woolliscroft? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 416,195th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,717,160 people. Woolliscroft is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Woolliscroft live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Woolliscroft is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 705 people, or 1 in 79,033. In England it is mostly found in: Staffordshire, where 39 percent live, Derbyshire, where 12 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 10 percent live. Aside from England it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Woolliscroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Woolliscroft has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Woolliscroft last name grew 480 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 508 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woolliscroft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Woolliscroft surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Woolliscroft earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 26.61% more than the national average, earning $54,633 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.07% more than the national average, earning $52,203 CAD per year.

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