Rholfs Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Rholfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rholfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Rholfs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rholfs is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rholfs? popularity and diffusion

Rholfs is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Rholfs occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Rholfs live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Rholfs is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Rholfs is mostly found in: Illinois, where 25 percent live, Indiana, where 25 percent live and Massachusetts, where 25 percent live.

Rholfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rholfs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rholfs surname contracted 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rolfs912,600/
Rholf911/
Rohlfs834,398/
Rahlfs83683/
Roelfs83651/
Roolfs83252/
Rolffs83153/
Rollfs8349/
Rolhfs831/
Roulfs831/
Rholff831/
Ruhlfs831/
Rholfe830/
Rolf8010,875/
Rohlffs77172/
Roelfsz771/
Rohllfs770/
Rolfe7319,982/
Rohlf732,155/
Rahlf731,451/
Rolff73874/
Ralfs73725/
Rollf73294/
Rulfs73183/
Roolf73182/
Rolhf7328/
Roulf734/
Rolft732/
Rolfh730/
Raulfs67171/
Rohlff67132/
Rahlff67108/
Rulffs6747/
Rohllf6741/
Rolphs672/
Roself671/
Rolffe671/
Rohlft671/
Rotlff671/
Rollfe671/
Rullfs670/
Roolfe670/
Rolfch670/

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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 Rholfs
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