Volfs Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Volfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Volfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia421:48,8117,408
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
England11:55,718,059489,080
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Volfs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Volfs (Russian: Вольфс) is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Volfs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Volfs are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 48,811. In Latvia Volfs is mostly concentrated in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 52 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 31 percent live and Latgale, where 14 percent live. Not including Latvia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 14 percent live and Chile, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Volf8917,265/
Wolfs805,641/
Volff80692/
Volfe80166/
Vollf8014/
Voulf803/
Volbs801/
Wolffs73275/
Volffe7310/
Valfsh732/
Wollfs732/
Wolfse731/
Voolfe731/
Woolfs731/
Folffs731/
Wolf67361,818/
Volfová673,694/
Bolf671,596/
Volb67187/
Volfova6763/
Volv676/
Valf674/
Uolf673/
Volw671/

Volfs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Volfs in the Russian language
Вольфсvolfs-

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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 Volfs
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