Woolvet Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Woolvet Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wulvard.' For strong corroborative evidence, v. instances under Woollard.

1590. Buried — William Wollfett: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1799. William Woolfett and Mary Sutton: St.

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Woolvet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Woolvet Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wulvard.' For strong corroborative evidence, v. instances under Woollard.

1590. Buried — William Wollfett: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1799. William Woolfett and Mary Sutton: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) for the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wulfgeát = Wolf-Goth [Old English wulf + Geát, the ethnic name] The Domesday forms of this name are Ulviet and Ulfiet.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Woolvet Last Name Facts

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

Woolvet is most common in England. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woolvet? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Woolvet occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Woolvet are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England Woolvet is most common in: Surrey, where 92 percent are found and Greater London, where 8 percent are found. Other than England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Woolvet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Woolvet has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Woolvet last name fell 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woolvett93265/
Woolves860/
Wolve8359/
Wolvey7773/
Volvet7743/
Bolvet771/
Bolvett711/
Woolbey710/
Wollvee710/
Woolwer710/
Walve67536/
Wolveich6712/
Bolve6712/
Volve6711/
Wolvi677/
Wolue673/
Whoolbey670/
Wolbecht670/

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