Ohlfs Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ohlfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohlfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Ohlfs Last Name Facts

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

Ohlfs is most common in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohlfs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,839,022nd most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. Ohlfs occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ohlfs reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 41 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Colorado, where 12 percent reside.

Ohlfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ohlfs has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,010 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ohlfs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ohlfs are 9.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.25% registered with the party.

Ohlfs earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.64% more than the national average, earning $49,035 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olfs8992/
Ohlf8943/
Ahlfs80149/
Golfs803/
Holfs803/
Ohlff802/
Helfs800/
Ollfs800/
Olf75547/
Halfss733/
Haelfs731/
Ahlf671,811/
Golf671,075/
Alfs67557/
Half67404/
Olff67212/
Olfe6798/
Holf6739/
Olbs6715/
Olft675/
Olfz673/
Uolf673/
Otlf672/
Oslf672/
Olvf671/
Olfx671/
Olfp671/

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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 Ohlfs
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