Wolfgang Forename

696th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,189,173 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wolfgang Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Progressive wolf, a prophecy of coming fame.

Wolfgang Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
1,075,0051:903
Austria
100%
79,7251:10714
United States
100%
6,8751:52,7332,913
Switzerland
100%
6,0661:1,354286
Venezuela
100%
2,5351:11,9141,204
Canada
100%
1,8731:17,6901,677
Poland
95%
 
1,5081:25,217844
Brazil
100%
1,3701:156,3777,547
Thailand
100%
9221:75,9937,065
Dominican Republic-8831:11,8131,317
Italy
100%
8641:70,6741,586
Belgium
100%
7991:14,3811,300
Australia-7781:17,5551,313
England
100%
7351:75,6503,116
Sweden
100%
6591:14,9591,153
South Africa
100%
6521:83,6397,219
Netherlands
100%
6061:27,8912,366
Saudi Arabia-5251:58,6916,867
Spain
100%
5131:90,7022,734
Tanzania
98%
 
5111:103,3045,678
Sri Lanka-3581:58,0985,853
France
100%
3001:221,5683,432
Gabon
100%
2811:6,7021,252
Norway
100%
2691:19,0791,172
Portugal-2581:40,3521,504
Cameroon
100%
2501:86,4424,758
Ghana-2251:119,9394,817
Chile
100%
2221:79,3122,247
Ireland
100%
1871:24,8321,107
Czechia
100%
1831:58,230898
Luxembourg
100%
1781:3,169417
Egypt
100%
1741:528,16614,341
Ecuador-1601:110,7932,566
New Zealand-1551:29,2651,958
China-1521:8,987,20959,552
Greece
100%
1411:77,5502,322
Liechtenstein-1401:27068
Mexico
100%
1401:886,7467,639
Hungary
100%
1311:74,746641
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
Croatia
100%
861:49,0361,724
Indonesia-821:3,145,898142,337
Guatemala
100%
781:206,5183,090
Estonia
100%
741:17,7751,594
Japan-691:1,854,87019,144
Peru
100%
631:504,6268,955
Bahamas-611:6,547958
Paraguay
100%
611:118,6362,677
Singapore
100%
591:106,5607,501
Colombia-581:823,77510,256
Argentina
100%
541:792,0974,635
Finland
100%
541:101,5402,403
Romania-511:393,17611,343
Suriname-491:11,2822,027
United Arab Emirates-491:145,95910,004
Denmark-451:125,5443,329
Philippines
100%
451:2,355,76650,300
Scotland
100%
451:118,8972,628
Barbados-431:6,739882
Israel
90%
 
421:200,0696,201
Hong Kong-411:189,0913,221
Malaysia
100%
391:780,76829,717
Malta-341:12,6281,146
Russia
100%
341:4,242,16821,891
Slovakia
100%
251:212,4031,378
Costa Rica
100%
231:207,3024,707
Panama
100%
221:177,5717,149
Wales
100%
211:147,3483,021
India
100%
201:60,743,899978,266
Greenland-171:3,316507
Nigeria-141:12,683,169134,057
South Korea-141:396,03011,136
Nicaragua
100%
131:462,9498,230
Uruguay-111:311,6034,655
Burkina Faso
100%
101:1,837,94741,704
Honduras-91:979,71911,190
Jamaica-91:320,3599,892
Mozambique-91:3,027,0402,336
Pakistan
100%
91:21,595,298106,286
Curaçao-81:19,475726
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Turkey
100%
81:9,725,21431,896
Belarus
100%
71:1,354,6266,726
Solomon Islands-71:82,9944,768
Vietnam-71:13,231,8734,411
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Benin-61:1,762,64036,264
Congo
100%
61:834,86813,992
Latvia-61:335,9413,188
Monaco
100%
61:6,411917
Ukraine-61:7,583,31811,559
Azerbaijan-51:1,928,58920,785
Kenya-51:9,261,42235,582
Lithuania-51:590,3762,548
Oman-51:821,7336,168
Uganda
100%
51:8,191,38458,906
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Bulgaria-41:1,747,59814,265
Cambodia-41:4,068,33235,322
Kazakhstan
100%
41:4,436,71124,678
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Laos-41:1,646,714900
New Caledonia
100%
41:67,5412,087
Serbia-41:1,786,4306,903
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Taiwan
100%
41:5,942,42087,370
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Bosnia and Herzegovina-31:1,174,8196,090
Maldives-31:144,6343,056
Papua New Guinea
100%
31:2,717,438132,395
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Albania-21:1,523,28533,816
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
Slovenia
100%
21:1,229,3796,326
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guernsey-11:63,331901
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Isle of Man-11:85,023723
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Northern Cyprus
100%
11:318,1333,044
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-11:111,5807,062
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476

Wolfgang (5,807) may also be a surname.

Wolfgang Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Progressive wolf, a prophecy of coming fame.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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