Widlöf Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Widlöf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Widlöf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden371:266,12918,422
Finland31:1,832,23457,803

The alternate forms: Widlof (9) are calculated separately.

Widlöf Last Name Facts

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

Widlöf is found most in Sweden. It can be found as: Widlof. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Widlöf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Widlöf live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 266,129. In Sweden Widlöf is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 41 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent live and Uppsala County, where 14 percent live. Apart from Sweden it is found in one country. It is also common in Finland, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Widlof949/
Widolf8360/
Widolff7780/
Weidolf7719/
Widelöv775/
Widloff771/
Widolefi71105/
Weidlauf710/
Witlif677/
Wodolf672/
Wadlaf671/
Witlef670/
Wedleff622/
Vidlov503/
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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 Widlöf
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