Woolworth Surname

385,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 922 people bear this surname

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

Woolworth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woolworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9131:396,99834,792
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3101:161,99614,761

Woolworth (21) may also be a first name.

Woolworth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woolworth is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woolworth? popularity and diffusion

The last name Woolworth is the 385,337th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,904,063 people. Woolworth occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Woolworth live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Woolworth is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 21 people.

The surname Woolworth is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 913 people, or 1 in 396,998. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 21 percent live, California, where 20 percent live and Washington, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States Woolworth occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.

Woolworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Woolworth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Woolworth surname increased 295 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woolworth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Woolworth surname are 18.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.82% being registered to vote for the party.

Woolworth earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.14% less than the national average, earning $41,794 USD per year.

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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 Woolworth
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