Wooward Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Wooward Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wooward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:10,068,304413,125
England101:5,571,806158,774
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Wooward Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wooward is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wooward? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wooward is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Wooward live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wooward is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 10,068,304. In The United States Wooward is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent reside, Virginia, where 17 percent reside and Michigan, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Wooward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wooward has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wooward surname fell 38 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 23 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wooward Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wooward surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Wooward earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.85% less than the national average, earning $40,192 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woosward930/
Woward925/
Woobard869/
Whoward863/
Woovard862/
Wooword861/
Wohward860/
Waward772/
Bouward719/
Wasward711/
Wawards711/
Vhoward711/
Bowhard710/
Wowarth710/
Wooworth671/

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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 Wooward
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