Wooley is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wooley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wooley

How popular is Wooley?

Wooley is common in United States.

Wooley is ranked 54245 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wooleies plummeted by 1.084845 per cent to 6109 since 2000 and slipped by 483 spots and ranked at 5679. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.34 83.58
Black 13.26 12.19
Hispanic or Latino 2.62 1.62
Others 2.32 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.83 0.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.53
Wooley is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 8670 people have been found who wears Wooley as their family name. Wooley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
720,003 Russia4
4,554 Guatemala3
9,097 Wales3
184,212 France3
3,014 Taiwan2
4,231 Jamaica2
18,718 Thailand2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
25,746 Finland1
2,578 Guam1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
118,015 Netherlands1
7,895 South Korea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,457 Scotland20
91,381 Spain12
Countries with hundreds of Wooley:
9,862 Australia284
20,346 England258
17,294 Canada211
30,064 South Africa183
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Wooley:
5,239 United States7,557
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer James Wooley from Great Britain aboard the Orleans from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in USA on October 22, 1848. Joseph Wooley (30) Farmer, E. Wooley (35) Immigrant, U Wooley, aged 20, U Wooley, aged 5, U Wooley, aged 8, Charles Wooley (22) Farmer, are others that migrated to US.

Wooley Namesakes

  • In 0 action flick, CIA International, Alan Wooley portrayed CIA agent.

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