# Wolstenholme (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wolstenholme/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 442 |
| US rank (2010) | 47,878 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 698,519 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (396 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwʊlstənˌhoʊm/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Oulsnam, Woolstenhulme |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Wulfstān, which is composed of the elements wulf (“wolf”) and stān (“stone”), + Old Norse holmr (“island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wolstenholme in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wolstenholme in the United Kingdom.

## People named Wolstenholme

- Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist

## Similar surnames

Walston, Wolcott, Walcott, Wahlstrom, Woolston.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.