Woolfall

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Huyton, Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Wulfa, a byname from wulf (“wolf”), + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).

Proper noun

Woolfall (plural Woolfalls)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Woolfall is the 20438^th most common surname in the England, belonging to 220 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Woolfall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears