Wouldhave Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wouldhave Surname Definition:

The name of a boat-builder on the banks of the Tyne in 1790 (Lond. Quar. Rev., July, 1858). This name is also found written Woodhave, and is doubtless from some local name compounded of wood and haw, haugh, enclosed land, a small field; in Chaucer, a dale; from Anglo-Saxon haga, hagen, a hay, hedge, meadow.

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Wouldhave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:1,505,89364,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140

Wouldhave Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The name of a boat-builder on the banks of the Tyne in 1790 (Lond. Quar. Rev., July, 1858). This name is also found written Woodhave, and is doubtless from some local name compounded of wood and haw, haugh, enclosed land, a small field; in Chaucer, a dale; from Anglo-Saxon haga, hagen, a hay, hedge, meadow. Woodhay is the name of parishes cos. Berks and Hants.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wouldhave: This singular name is found at Shields; but as it is sometimes spelt Woodhave, it is probably a compound of the two topographical terms Wood and Haugh, and therefore local.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wouldhave Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wouldhave is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wouldhave? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Wouldhave occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wouldhave live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Wouldhave is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,505,893. In England Wouldhave is most prevalent in: Tyne and Wear, where 57 percent are found, Northumberland, where 19 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 14 percent are found.

Wouldhave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wouldhave has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wouldhave surname increased 112 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wouldhaver950/
Woldaver821/
Waldhaver781/
Woldabe753/
Wouldabi71121/
Woldeabe719/
Wouldawa713/
Bulldave713/
Wouldaba711/
Woldover710/

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