Wharff Surname
Approximately 631 people bear this surname
Wharff Surname Definition:
Not from Wharf or Wharfe, the Yorkshire river; but the same as Waugh (sometimes pronounced Wharf), a Scottish orthography of wall. It appears that the Waughs held lands at Heip co. Roxburgh from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century.
Read More About This SurnameWharff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 512 | 1:707,928 | 55,905 |
| Colombia | 68 | 1:702,560 | 8,031 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 31 | 1:43,999 | 4,008 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 119 | 1:422,006 | 30,979 |
Wharff Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Not from Wharf or Wharfe, the Yorkshire river; but the same as Waugh (sometimes pronounced Wharf), a Scottish orthography of wall. It appears that the Waughs held lands at Heip co. Roxburgh from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century.
Wharff Demographics
Average Wharff Salary in
United States
$42,933 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Wharff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wharff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wharff is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wharff click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wharff? popularity and diffusion
Wharff is the 516,587th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,549,201 people. The surname Wharff is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Wharff live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 707,928. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 13 percent are found, Ohio, where 8 percent are found and Iowa, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 11 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 5 percent are found.
Wharff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wharff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wharff surname expanded 430 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wharff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wharff surname are 11.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.41% registered with the political party.
The amount Wharff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 12.05% more than the national average, earning $25,438,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 0.5% less than the national average, earning $42,933 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Wharff
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis