Wollaston Family History
Wollaston Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called
Wollaston. Those in Northamptonshire (Domesday Book
Wilavestone) and Worcestershire (first recorded in 1275 as
Wollaueston) are named from the genitive case of the Old
English personal name Wulflaf (composed of the elements
wulf ‘wolf’ + laf ‘relic’) + Old English
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The first element of the one
in Shropshire (Domesday Book Willavestune) is the genitive case
of the Old English personal name Wiglaf (composed of the
elements wig ‘war’ + laf ‘relic’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wollaston Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wollaston families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wollaston families
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30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wollaston families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wollaston Family Origin
Wollaston Immigration Information
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Wollaston Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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