Wharff Surname

516,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 631 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

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.

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Wharff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5121:707,92855,905
Colombia681:702,5608,031
Trinidad and Tobago311:43,9994,008
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1191:422,00630,979

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.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wharffe920/
Wharf91576/
Warff9150/
Wharfe83487/
Whorff8347/
Wharrf831/
Warrff830/
Warf802,003/
Barff73755/
Werff73391/
Warfe73277/
Whorf73171/
Worff7397/
Wärff7332/
Wharw732/
Warft730/
Whorfe674/
Baharf672/
Wjharw671/
Weirff671/
Varffe671/
Whorft671/

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