Ulff Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Ulff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ulff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany691:1,166,74676,492
Sweden391:252,48117,476
France281:2,372,240182,981
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Ulff (21) may also be a first name.

Ulff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ulff is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ulff.

How Common Is The Last Name Ulff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ulff is the 1,338,236th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Ulff reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 46 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 21 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 1,166,746. In Germany Ulff is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent live and Bavaria, where 1 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 23 percent live and France, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ulffe8973/
Gulff891/
Hulff891/
Ulf86409/
Huelff800/
Ulfe75810/
Olff75212/
Gulf75137/
Hulf7565/
Aulf7521/
Uelf759/
Eulf753/
Uulf752/
Utlf751/
Ulvf751/
Ulft751/
Autleff730/
Holff6755/
Houlf6730/
Hilff6720/
Goulf6716/
Gaulf6711/
Huelf6710/
Aulfs679/
Hülff679/
Hulfe677/
Uuylf671/
Heulf671/
Hulft671/
Uylfe670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ulff
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