Wooloughan Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wooloughan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
Wooloughan Demographics
Wooloughan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wooloughan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wooloughan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wooloughan is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wooloughan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Wooloughan live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles.
The last name Wooloughan is most widely held in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 50 percent live, Kent, where 25 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 25 percent live. Barring England this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 17 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent live.
Wooloughan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wooloughan has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people who held the Wooloughan last name fell 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Wooloughan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wooloughan
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