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 occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohlf? popularity and diffusion

Ohlf is the 2,979,664th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Ohlf is predominantly 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.

It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent are found, Hamburg, where 18 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 5 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.

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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