Rodolph Surname

847,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 323 people bear this surname

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

Rodolph Surname Definition:

(Teutonic) Famous Wolf [Old Teutonic Hruod(w)olf, Ruodolf (whence French Rodolphe), Hróð(w)ulf, etc.-v. under Roderick and Rodger, and + O.H.Ger.

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Rodolph Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2361:1,535,843104,072
Saint Lucia321:5,587741
Haiti111:971,26411,594
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
France51:13,284,544357,392
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England21:27,859,030389,889
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Rodolph (2,661) may also be a first name.

Rodolph Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Teutonic) Famous Wolf [Old Teutonic Hruod(w)olf, Ruodolf (whence French Rodolphe), Hróð(w)ulf, etc.-v. under Roderick and Rodger, and + O.H.Ger. wolf = Old Saxon and Old English wulf = Frisian and Dutch wolf = Gothic wulf-s = Old Norse úlf-r, wolf]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Rodolph Last Name Facts

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

Rodolph (Marathi: रुडोल) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rodolph? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 847,909th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. Rodolph is primarily found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Rodolph are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 142,184th most widely held first name internationally, held by 2,661 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 1,535,843. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 21 percent are found, Oklahoma, where 14 percent are found and Texas, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Saint Lucia, where 10 percent are found and Haiti, where 3 percent are found.

Rodolph Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rodolph has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rodolph last name expanded 229 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rodolph Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rodolph last name are 31.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

Rodolph earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.05% more than the national average, earning $43,603 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rodolph Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rodolph in the Marathi language
रुडोलrudola-

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