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    The surname Wolstenholme

    An English place surname, carried by 442 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwʊlstənˌhoʊm/ 3 syllables Soundex W423

    Wolstenholme: #47,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wolstenholme #47,878, 442 people Wolstenholme: #47,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wolstenholme #47,878, 442 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolstenholme is more common than 70.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    Wolstenholme is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 442 people named Wolstenholme in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 698,519 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 396.

    #47,878
    rank among US surnames
    442
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #49,767)

    Who is named Wolstenholme

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Wolstenholme identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wolstenholmes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chris Wolstenholme
      British bassist, born 1978

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Oulsnam
    • Woolstenhulme

    Wolstenholme has the Soundex code W423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W423.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wolstenholme come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Wolstenholme?
    442 people in the United States had the surname Wolstenholme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 698,519 Americans. It ranked 47,878th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wolstenholme?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Wolstenholme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Wolstenholme?
    Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist.
    Where is the surname Wolstenholme most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wolstenholme in the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Wolstenholme?
    Wolstenholme is /ˈwʊlstənˌhoʊm/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Wolstenholme?
    Wolstenholme is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Wolstenholme getting more or less common?
    More common. 396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 442 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Wolstenholme?
    Oulsnam and Woolstenhulme.