Wormald Surname

126,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Wormald Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wormbald.' Wormald was an inevitable variant. It will be seen that the surname has its chief habitat in West Riding of Yorks, where I find the personal name at an early period.

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Wormald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7171:32,4514,326
Australia7001:38,5655,009
United States3571:1,015,29174,807
Canada2201:167,48016,862
Chile1531:115,1404,203
South Africa1391:389,76834,651
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
New Zealand881:51,4588,272
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Wales181:171,91811,581
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Swaziland41:324,550996
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
France11:66,422,722504,397
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3441:18,1362,616
Jersey91:5,7651,004
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Wormald Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wormbald.' Wormald was an inevitable variant. It will be seen that the surname has its chief habitat in West Riding of Yorks, where I find the personal name at an early period.

Wormboldus Harlam, 1429, Yorkshire: Surtees Society Publications.

1797. Married — Edward Wolley and Ann Wormald: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 for the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wurmb(e)ald= Serpent-Bold [Old English wurm, serpent, dragon + b(e)ald, bold] 2 conf. with Wormall,q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably local, the last syllable being waid or wold. Mr. Ferguson, however, makes it a compound of two words, signifying "the old serpent."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wormald Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wormald is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wormald? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 126,610th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,031,089 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Wormald live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 1,717 people, or 1 in 32,451. In England Wormald is most numerous in: West Yorkshire, where 33 percent reside, North Yorkshire, where 6 percent reside and Greater Manchester, where 6 percent reside. Beside England this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Wormald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wormald has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wormald surname expanded 128 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 830 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 520 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wormald Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wormald are 8.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.93% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wormald earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 30.85% more than the national average, earning R 310,956 per year; in United States they earn 15.8% more than the national average, earning $49,966 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.62% more than the national average, earning $56,947 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wormold8624/
Warmald866/
Vormald862/
Bormald860/
Vormmald801/
Wormhold801/
Whormalt800/
Wormould800/
Warmold711/
Warmhold6732/
Wormolts672/
Warmolds671/
Warmolts53191/
Warmoltz5321/
Vermault532/
Warmolth531/

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