Golf Surname
Approximately 1,075 people bear this surname
Golf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Spain | 142 | 1:329,240 | 19,264 |
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| Norway | 45 | 1:114,273 | 15,150 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Poland | 19 | 1:2,000,460 | 98,816 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Golf (1,576) may also be a first name.
Golf Demographics
Average Golf Salary in
United States
$61,940 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Golf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Golf is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Golf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 341,576th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,779,112 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Golf are found; 35 percent are found in North Africa and 34 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Golf is also the 194,910th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 1,576 people.
The last name Golf is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Not including Egypt this surname is found in 46 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
Golf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Golf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Golf surname rose 813 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 280 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Golf Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Golf earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 15.59% more than the national average, earning 400,030 kr per year; in United States they earn 43.55% more than the national average, earning $61,940 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.46% more than the national average, earning $62,330 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golfe | 89 | 436 | / |
| Golff | 89 | 75 | / |
| Goulf | 89 | 16 | / |
| Goelf | 89 | 4 | / |
| Golfs | 89 | 3 | / |
| Golfz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gollf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Goolf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olf | 86 | 547 | / |
| Goelff | 80 | 77 | / |
| Goulfe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gotelf | 80 | 8 | / |
| Goself | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goëlff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Golffe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olff | 75 | 212 | / |
| Gulf | 75 | 137 | / |
| Olfe | 75 | 98 | / |
| Olfs | 75 | 92 | / |
| Ohlf | 75 | 43 | / |
| Golb | 75 | 40 | / |
| Holf | 75 | 39 | / |
| Golv | 75 | 13 | / |
| Galf | 75 | 6 | / |
| Olft | 75 | 5 | / |
| Golw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Uolf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Olfz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Oslf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Otlf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Olfp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Olvf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gottilf | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gottelf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Galfe | 67 | 116 | / |
| Ohlfs | 67 | 101 | / |
| Holff | 67 | 55 | / |
| Houlf | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ghelf | 67 | 27 | / |
| Gulfe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gaulf | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aglif | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gholb | 67 | 7 | / |
| Holft | 67 | 5 | / |
| Goulb | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goulv | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hoolf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ghalf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Goilb | 67 | 3 | / |
| Holfs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ohlff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gulft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oself | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gollb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ollpf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Golwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gotlv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goylb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gulff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gosshelf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ollfs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Golf
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