Wooten Surname
Approximately 41,443 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWooten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40,669 | 1:8,912 | 1,077 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
| Philippines | 72 | 1:1,406,086 | 101,646 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 149 | 1:163,593 | 14,057 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,890 | 1:12,910 | 1,658 |
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).
For Wootton, q.v.
(English) One who came from Wootton (homestead in, or by a wood), the name of many places in England.
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.
Wootton is the name of a Bedfordshire parish.
Wooten Demographics
Average Wooten Salary in
United States
$38,849 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wooten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wooten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wooten (Arabic: ووتن) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wooten? popularity and diffusion
It is the 13,475th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 175,845 people. Wooten occurs mostly 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. Wooten is also the 705,855th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 168 people.
Wooten is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 40,669 people, or 1 in 8,912. In The United States Wooten is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Georgia, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists 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 prevalency of Wooten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wooten last name expanded 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 holding the Wooten last name are 15.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.35% being 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wootten | 92 | 3,884 | / |
| Whooten | 92 | 58 | / |
| Wooteen | 92 | 6 | / |
| Woothen | 92 | 2 | / |
| Woodten | 92 | 1 | / |
| Woten | 91 | 429 | / |
| Wootn | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wootteen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Booten | 83 | 683 | / |
| Wotten | 83 | 274 | / |
| Woiten | 83 | 20 | / |
| Wootin | 83 | 9 | / |
| Wouten | 83 | 8 | / |
| Wojten | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wootem | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wootne | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wothen | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wodten | 83 | 4 | / |
| Woeten | 83 | 4 | / |
| Woyten | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wuoten | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woottn | 83 | 0 | / |
| Whoten | 83 | 0 | / |
| Woostn | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wotn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bootten | 77 | 135 | / |
| Voosten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whotten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wotthen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bootenn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woottin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wooting | 77 | 0 | / |
| Woutten | 77 | 0 | / |
| Boten | 73 | 394 | / |
| Waten | 73 | 137 | / |
| Wotin | 73 | 41 | / |
| Uoten | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bootn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wuten | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wotem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Voten | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wathen | 67 | 5,846 | / |
| Botten | 67 | 2,265 | / |
| Bouten | 67 | 2,156 | / |
| Voeten | 67 | 1,636 | / |
| Boiten | 67 | 714 | / |
| Watten | 67 | 243 | / |
| Wuaten | 67 | 174 | / |
| Voyten | 67 | 106 | / |
| Vošten | 67 | 90 | / |
| Wusten | 67 | 73 | / |
| Bootin | 67 | 50 | / |
| Wuyten | 67 | 40 | / |
| Boyten | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wateen | 67 | 22 | / |
| Weuten | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vosten | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bohten | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wotyon | 67 | 11 | / |
| Watien | 67 | 9 | / |
| Whaten | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wotyna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wotnng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wuthen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wojtyn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wadten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vouhouten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Votten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voteun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watemn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voiten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wottin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voteng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whuten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuiten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wauten | 67 | 0 | / |
Wooten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wooten in the Arabic language | ||
| ووتن | wwtn | - |
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