van Wolf Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

van Wolf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Wolf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

van Wolf Last Name Facts

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

van Wolf is found most in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Wolf? popularity and diffusion

The surname van Wolf is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname van Wolf occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of van Wolf are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States van Wolf is mostly concentrated in: California, where 75 percent live and New York, where 25 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wolff942/
van Wolfe941/
Vanwolf935/
van Olf931/
von Wolf885/
Vanwolfe883/
van Welf880/
von Wolff8267/
van Wolve821/
von Wolfe820/
Vonwolf8012/
van Lyf8010/
van Ulf802/
Vannolf801/
van Loef75109/
van Alff7536/
Vonwolff7523/
Vonwolfe757/
van Leaf751/
von Wulff711/
Vanoliv6723/
Vanolav6712/
van Luv672/
Vanloef672/
Feina Wolf671/
von Walhof671/
van Lov670/
Vanlauf670/

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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 van Wolf
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