Woolums Surname

373,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 960 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Woolums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woolums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9561:379,14133,508
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Woolums Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woolums occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woolums? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 373,425th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,591,194 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Woolums live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Woolums is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 956 people, or 1 in 379,141. In The United States Woolums is primarily found in: Kentucky, where 33 percent live, Indiana, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent live and Peru, where 0 percent live.

Woolums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Woolums has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Woolums last name expanded 3,677 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woolums Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Woolums surname are 25.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.79% being registered to vote for the party.

Woolums earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.29% more than the national average, earning $47,589 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woollums93224/
Wooliums931/
Wolums920/
Wollums868/
Wooluns860/
Woolloms801/
Woollims801/
Watlums711/
Woolons711/
Wolloms711/
Waalums710/
Woollons6766/
Wolons6273/
Valums6214/
Waluns621/
Wollons5719/
Wallims5712/
Valgums575/
Valumse571/
Watluns571/

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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 Woolums
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