Woolley is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Woolley
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Woolley

How popular is Woolley?

Woolley is common in England.

Woolley is ranked 16887 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Woolley bearers increased by 2.288572 per cent in 2010 US census to 6749 since 2000, the surname slipped by 288 spots and ranked at 5176. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.49 92.65
Black 3.75 3.08
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.73
Others 2.27 1.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.5
Woolley is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 31100 people have been found who wears Woolley as their family name. Woolley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
1,346 Bermuda6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
103,755 Czech Republic5
9,759 Japan5
812 Monaco5
9,500 Ghana3
90,215 Germany3
14,054 China3
5,217 Zambia2
723,167 Indonesia2
1,834 Malta2
24,269 Peru2
1,777 Jersey2
54,135 Philippines2
1,500,361 India2
4,231 Jamaica2
1,118 Isle of Man2
317 Norfolk Island1
24,771 Colombia1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
16,228 Bulgaria1
897,276 Russia1
10,683 Cyprus1
3,350 Fiji1
37,493 Austria1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,024 Mongolia1
38,830 Morocco1
47,891 Norway1
11,510 Oman1
2,190 Barbados1
2,578 Guam1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,895 South Korea1
25,721 Egypt1
25,746 Finland1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
8,214 Singapore35
43,662 Belgium30
42,407 Sweden22
55,829 Zimbabwe16
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
2,305 Northern Ireland95
13,957 Switzerland81
78,184 Italy67
35,569 Netherlands62
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Woolley:
873 New Zealand798
667 Wales553
2,062 Scotland348
31,236 France318
36,063 Brazil318
31,070 Turkey140
13,194 Malaysia126
22,725 Spain125
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Woolley:
4,586 United States8,674
871 Australia3,556
2,930 South Africa2,210
1,062 Haiti1,482
3,544 Canada1,315
Countries with ten thousands of Woolley:
683 England10,260
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Alfred Woolley from Great Britain aboard the Hottinger from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on June 14, 1849. Servant Jas. Woolley, Joseph Woolley, aged 30, are other Woolley that migrated to US.

Woolley Namesakes

  • Bennie L. Woolley, Jr., Horse trainer
  • Benjamin Woolley, Author
  • Callum Woolley, Musical artist
  • Monty Woolley, Film actor
  • Bruce Woolley, Writer
  • Stephen Woolley, Film producer
  • Caroline Woolley, Actress
  • Bennie L. Woolley, Jr., Horse trainer
  • Frank Woolley, Cricket Player
  • Stephen Woolley, Film producer

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