de Wolf Surname

57,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,764 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Wolf Surname Definition:

(Flemish) The Wolf [Flemish de, the + wolf]

de Wolf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4,8331:2,379199
Netherlands3,3311:5,070525
France1451:458,08865,490
United States1001:3,624,589201,936
England811:687,87739,238
Australia721:374,94030,993
Canada401:921,14070,350
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Wales191:162,87011,152
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Singapore131:423,66918,211
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
China41:341,830,39216,990
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3941:127,45912,279

de Wolf Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Flemish) The Wolf [Flemish de, the + wolf]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Or Wolff (Dutch/Flemish), the Wolf.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Wolff931,599/
de Wolfe93334/
de Wolfs934/
de Woolf931/
de Wolffs881/
de Wollff881/
de Wulf862,735/
De-Wolf867/
de Wulff802/
de Walft800/
De-Wulf711/

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de Wolf Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Wolf
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