Ohlf Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ohlf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohlf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397

Ohlf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ohlf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ohlf is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohlf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,979,664th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Ohlf are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Ohlf is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany Ohlf is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside, Hamburg, where 18 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 5 percent reside and Denmark, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohlfs89101/
Ohlff892/
Olf86547/
Helf752,261/
Ahlf751,811/
Golf751,075/
Oelf75644/
Half75404/
Olff75212/
Olfe7598/
Olfs7592/
Holf7539/
Olft755/
Uolf753/
Olfz753/
Oslf752/
Otlf752/
Olfp751/
Olvf751/
Ehlf751/
Halff67286/
Helff67245/
Halft67197/
Ahlfs67149/
Halfe6778/
Golff6775/
Holff6755/
Ahlff6741/
Houlf6730/
Goulf6716/
Holft675/
Hoolf674/
Holfs673/
Heelf671/
Oself671/
Hallf671/
Halwf671/
Gollf671/
Goolf671/
Heulf671/
Ollpf671/
Ahlft670/
Ollfs670/

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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
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  • 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 Ohlf
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