Woollwy Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Woollwy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woollwy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Woollwy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woollwy is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woollwy? popularity and diffusion

Woollwy is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Woollwy is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Woollwy live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Woollwy is most numerous in England, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is most numerous in: Buckinghamshire, where 100 percent reside. Other than England it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Wales, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woolway86507/
Wollway861/
Woolwa774/
Wollwe772/
Wolway771/
Wallway7187/
Wallwey7136/
Woolbey710/
Bollway710/
Woolwer710/
Wolwa67100/
Wollwich671/
Whoolbey670/

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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 Woollwy
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