Wooten Surname

13,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,443 people bear this surname

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

Wooten Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wootton': (1) a parish in Bedfordshire; (2) a parish in Berkshire, near Abingdon; also parishes in Kent, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Southamptonshire, Staffordshire, &c, besides many hamlets and manors scattered over the country; also Wotton, a parish in Surrey No doubt the origin is Wood-town,' the enclosure in the wood.

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Wooten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States40,6691:8,9121,077
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
England851:655,50738,035
Philippines721:1,406,086101,646
Canada501:736,91258,785
Australia471:574,37741,856
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Wales41:773,63329,106
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tonga11:107,313791
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Guam11:160,1214,893
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:163,59314,057
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8901:12,9101,658

Wooten (168) may also be a first name.

Wooten Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wootton': (1) a parish in Bedfordshire; (2) a parish in Berkshire, near Abingdon; also parishes in Kent, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Southamptonshire, Staffordshire, &c, besides many hamlets and manors scattered over the country; also Wotton, a parish in Surrey No doubt the origin is Wood-town,' the enclosure in the wood.' This would at once explain the frequency of its occurrence as a place-name.

Robert de Wottone, Devon, Henry III Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Fredeshet de Wottone, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John atte Wodeton, London, ibid.

Thomas de Wodeton, Devon, ibid.

John de Wodeton or John de Wutton, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1670. John Hill and Mary Wootton: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

1667. George Wotton and Bin. Baghaw: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

For Wootton, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wootton (homestead in, or by a wood), the name of many places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Besides parishes in many counties, there are innumerable manors, hamlets, and single houses in England so called. The word is Anglo-Saxon, and signifies the woody enclosure.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wootton is the name of a Bedfordshire parish.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Wooten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wooten (Arabic: ووتن) is most common in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wooten? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,475th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 175,845 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Wooten are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 705,855th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 168 people.

The surname Wooten is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 40,669 people, or 1 in 8,912. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Georgia, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States Wooten is found in 44 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Wooten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wooten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wooten last name grew 1,045 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wooten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wooten last name are 15.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.35% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wooten earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.97% less than the national average, earning $38,849 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.97% less than the national average, earning $46,718 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wootten923,884/
Whooten9258/
Wooteen926/
Woothen922/
Woodten921/
Woten91429/
Wootn911/
Wootteen860/
Booten83683/
Wotten83274/
Woiten8320/
Wootin839/
Wouten838/
Wojten837/
Wootem837/
Wootne836/
Wothen834/
Wodten834/
Woeten834/
Woyten834/
Wuoten831/
Woottn830/
Whoten830/
Woostn830/
Wotn801/
Bootten77135/
Voosten771/
Whotten771/
Wotthen771/
Bootenn771/
Woottin771/
Wooting770/
Woutten770/
Boten73394/
Waten73137/
Wotin7341/
Uoten734/
Bootn731/
Wuten731/
Wotem731/
Voten730/
Wathen675,846/
Botten672,265/
Bouten672,156/
Voeten671,636/
Boiten67714/
Watten67243/
Wuaten67174/
Voyten67106/
Vošten6790/
Wusten6773/
Bootin6750/
Wuyten6740/
Boyten6731/
Wateen6722/
Weuten6719/
Vosten6714/
Bohten6714/
Wotyon6711/
Watien679/
Whaten674/
Wotyna672/
Wotnng672/
Wuthen672/
Wojtyn672/
Wadten671/
Vouhouten671/
Votten671/
Voteun671/
Watemn671/
Voiten671/
Wottin671/
Voteng671/
Whuten670/
Wuiten670/
Wauten670/

Wooten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wooten in the Arabic language
ووتنwwtn-

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