Woolverton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wulfhere, which is composed of the elements wulf (“wolf”) and here (“army”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Woolverton (countable and uncountable, plural Woolvertons)

1. A village in Tellisford parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7953).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Woolverton is the 22880^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1119 individuals. Woolverton is most common among White (94.46%) individuals.

Further reading

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