de Wolf Surname
Approximately 8,764 people bear this surname
de Wolf Surname Definition:
(Flemish) The Wolf [Flemish de, the + wolf]
de Wolf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 4,833 | 1:2,379 | 199 |
| Netherlands | 3,331 | 1:5,070 | 525 |
| France | 145 | 1:458,088 | 65,490 |
| United States | 100 | 1:3,624,589 | 201,936 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| Australia | 72 | 1:374,940 | 30,993 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 394 | 1:127,459 | 12,279 |
de Wolf Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Flemish) The Wolf [Flemish de, the + wolf]
Or Wolff (Dutch/Flemish), the Wolf.
de Wolf Demographics
Average de Wolf Salary in
United States
$75,678 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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de Wolf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name de Wolf Come From? nationality or country of origin
de Wolf is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name de Wolf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 57,760th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 831,532 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Wolf live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 4,833 people, or 1 in 2,379. In Belgium de Wolf is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 83 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent live and Walloon Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Belgium this last name exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 38 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
de Wolf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of de Wolf has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 506 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.
de Wolf Last Name Statistics demography
The amount de Wolf earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 75.39% more than the national average, earning $75,678 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.16% more than the national average, earning $57,214 CAD per year.
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de Wolf Reference & Research
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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