van Wulfen Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
van Wulfen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Wulfen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wulfen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Wulfen is most common in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wulfen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of van Wulfen reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 734,225. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 43 percent live, North Holland, where 30 percent live and Utrecht, where 22 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent live and Hong Kong, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanwulfen | 95 | 17 | / |
| van Wulven | 90 | 28 | / |
| van Wolfen | 90 | 10 | / |
| von Wulffen | 86 | 41 | / |
| van Alfen | 84 | 422 | / |
| Vanwulven | 84 | 16 | / |
| van Olfen | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Olffen | 80 | 312 | / |
| van Wolven | 80 | 126 | / |
| van Holfen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wolfen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vanalfen | 78 | 168 | / |
| van Leuffen | 76 | 72 | / |
| van Ollefen | 76 | 37 | / |
| von Wulfing | 76 | 5 | / |
| van Alfaene | 76 | 3 | / |
| von Wolffen | 76 | 1 | / |
| von Walffen | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Elven | 74 | 328 | / |
| van Luven | 74 | 302 | / |
| van Loven | 74 | 56 | / |
| van Leven | 74 | 9 | / |
| Vanolffen | 74 | 5 | / |
| Vanhulven | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Laven | 74 | 3 | / |
| Vanlwuven | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Alven | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Alphen | 70 | 5,067 | / |
| van Leuven | 70 | 2,474 | / |
| van Olphen | 70 | 540 | / |
| van Leeven | 70 | 35 | / |
| von Loefen | 70 | 21 | / |
| Vanollefen | 70 | 13 | / |
| van Leaven | 70 | 11 | / |
| van Lieven | 70 | 6 | / |
| von Laufen | 70 | 3 | / |
| van Halven | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Luuven | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Lueven | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Eleven | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Holfen | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Louven | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Luvena | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Looven | 70 | 0 | / |
| Vanluven | 67 | 573 | / |
| Vanelven | 67 | 106 | / |
| van Leeuven | 67 | 32 | / |
| Vonolfen | 67 | 25 | / |
| von Oelffen | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vanlaven | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vanloven | 67 | 4 | / |
| van Leevwen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanlvien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanleven | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanlefeuwen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Weele-Veen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Lvan | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Loughen | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Luvn | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Lovn | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 van Wulfen
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