Ulf Forename

9,974th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 102,359 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Ulf Forename Definition:

Teutonic (masculine) - Wolf.

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Ulf Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden
100%
64,6821:15223
Germany
100%
27,5151:3,514436
Norway
100%
4,0341:1,272268
Denmark-1,3271:4,257547
Finland
100%
1,2351:4,440551
United States
100%
8271:438,37612,078
Austria
100%
3981:21,392939
Estonia
82%
 
2601:5,059758
Switzerland
100%
2551:32,2101,765
Thailand
100%
2101:333,64718,125
Poland
75%
 
1881:202,2723,614
England
100%
1771:314,1417,820
Canada
100%
1511:219,4268,061
Brazil
100%
1471:1,457,38933,965
Portugal-921:113,1622,965
Netherlands
100%
821:206,1237,683
South Africa
97%
 
811:673,24329,272
France
100%
681:977,5057,751
Japan-651:1,969,01619,563
Belgium
100%
591:194,7464,858
Dominican Republic-491:212,8838,521
Spain
100%
461:1,011,5218,745
Australia-371:369,1256,777
Luxembourg
100%
221:25,6391,366
Italy
96%
 
201:3,053,10418,341
China-171:80,356,22263,797
Hungary
100%
151:652,7852,218
Ireland
100%
141:331,6804,801
New Zealand-141:324,00310,449
Russia
100%
141:10,302,40738,919
Qatar
100%
131:182,27721,851
Singapore-131:483,62011,161
Hong Kong-121:646,0604,783
Namibia-121:200,3485,052
Chile
100%
111:1,600,65512,027
Mexico
100%
111:11,285,85732,937
Scotland
100%
111:486,3976,140
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Israel
100%
91:933,65813,501
Philippines
100%
81:13,251,185172,764
Malaysia
100%
71:4,349,991105,289
Greece
100%
61:1,822,42510,706
Taiwan
100%
61:3,961,61468,952
Monaco
100%
51:7,6931,062
Congo
50%
 
41:1,252,30119,043
Czechia
100%
41:2,664,0405,608
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
Indonesia-41:64,490,917960,943
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Laos-41:1,646,714900
Malawi-41:4,278,07813,569
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Turkey-41:19,450,42745,600
Argentina
100%
31:14,257,74823,489
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Pakistan
100%
31:64,785,893186,184
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Northern Ireland
100%
21:921,5733,058
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Kazakhstan-21:8,873,42235,327
Paraguay
100%
21:3,618,40211,946
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Romania-21:10,025,98847,037
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Venezuela-21:15,100,946147,145
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Bulgaria
100%
11:6,990,39027,036
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Greenland-11:56,3711,395
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Papua New Guinea-11:8,152,314202,620
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Ukraine
100%
11:45,499,90832,056
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zimbabwe-11:15,423,817113,731

The alternate forms: Úlf (1) are calculated separately.

Ulf (409) may also be a surname.

Ulf Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Teutonic (masculine) - Wolf.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

User-submitted Reference

Ulf is a male given name of Old Danish origin, meaning 'wolf'.

- youssef69

Ulf Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Úlf891/
Gulf861,027/
Ulft86118/
Ulff8621/
Ulfe8617/
Ulfh866/
Aulf865/
Hulf863/
Uhlf863/
Uwlf861/
Uylf861/
Ulwf861/
Ulfs861/
Ullf861/
Hulfe7513/
Utlef757/
Haulf754/
Gulfh752/
Oulfe752/
Ulffe752/
Aulft752/
Uylfe751/
Gaulf751/
Gullf751/
Aulfh751/
Uilfe751/
Uaelf751/
Uylef751/
Olf67349/
Ulv67143/
Ilf6797/
Ulw675/
Ulb675/
Uhlftt671/
U'self671/

Ulf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ulf in the Russian language
Ульфulf-

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