Woolrey Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Woolrey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Woolrey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woolrey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woolrey is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woolrey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Woolrey is the 7,593,402nd most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Woolrey reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name Woolrey is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 33 percent are found, Indiana, where 33 percent are found and New York, where 33 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 17 percent are found and England, where 17 percent are found.
Woolrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Woolrey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woolrey last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woollrey | 93 | 1 | / |
| Woolry | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wolrey | 92 | 0 | / |
| Woollry | 86 | 1 | / |
| Whoolry | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wolry | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woolrych | 80 | 189 | / |
| Volrey | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wollre | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bolrey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Walrey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wolrea | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wolrye | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bollrey | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wohlres | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woolrid | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wollret | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wolrets | 71 | 0 | / |
| Woolrap | 71 | 0 | / |
| Walry | 67 | 123 | / |
| Wolreich | 67 | 13 | / |
| Volry | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bolre | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wolra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bolry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woolrath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wolrigge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wohlress | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woolrish | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Woolrey
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