Solf Surname

323,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Solf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Solf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8401:95,84011,950
Peru1101:288,94711,086
United States881:4,118,852221,730
Brazil481:4,459,882118,224
England131:4,286,005132,302
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Wales41:773,63329,106
France31:22,140,907385,998
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

The alternate forms: Šolf (3) are calculated separately.

Solf (14) may also be a first name.

Solf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Solf (Russian: Сольф) occurs most in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šolf. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Solf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 323,593rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 6,325,995 people. The surname Solf is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Solf live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe. Solf is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 14 people.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 95,840. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found, Thuringia, where 15 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Barring Germany it is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Solf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Solf has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 587 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Solf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Solf surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.47% registered with the party.

The amount Solf earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 50.26% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,128 per year and in United States they earn 16.62% less than the national average, earning $35,979 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šolf923/
Scolf8939/
Solfs8912/
Soulf892/
Sholf891/
Solfz891/
Scholf800/
Zolf75715/
Colf75516/
Solb75362/
Salf75112/
Solv7514/
Sulf758/
Jolf753/
Solw752/
Scholff732/
Soillff732/
Scholpf730/
Scalf674,159/
Solbø6727/
Shalf6711/
Soelv6710/
Salfe677/
Colff676/
Soulb676/
Saulf674/
Solph674/
Sholb673/
Shelf672/
Cholf672/
Soilb672/
Salfs671/
Szolv671/
Zolpf671/
Hsalf671/
Sallf671/
Salfh671/
Collf671/
Soylw671/
Sulfe671/
Zolfe671/
Joløf671/
Shulf670/
Sholw670/
Jolfs670/

Solf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Solf in the Russian language
Сольфsolf-

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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 Solf
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