Wilf Surname

556,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Wilf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3551:1,021,01175,157
Israel1331:64,3438,058
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
England51:11,143,612252,590
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France41:16,605,680368,153
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
China21:683,660,78330,601
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Wilf (3,315) may also be a first name.

Wilf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wilf is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wilf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 556,360th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. Wilf is primarily found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Wilf live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 124,183rd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 3,315 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 1,021,011. In The United States Wilf is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 23 percent live, New Jersey, where 14 percent live and California, where 12 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 23 percent live and Poland, where 5 percent live.

Wilf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wilf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wilf last name grew 1,690 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wilf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wilf last name are 36.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.58% registered with the political party.

Wilf earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.36% more than the national average, earning $43,735 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilfe8911/
Wilff892/
Wielf891/
Wiolf891/
Willf891/
Wailf890/
Woilf890/
Wlf864/
Wuilfe8040/
Wijlef801/
Wilpfe801/
Welf7583/
Vilf7522/
Wölf756/
Wlfh755/
Wülf753/
Wlfp753/
Wlfe751/
Vwlf751/
Wlff751/
Wlfs751/
Wlfz751/
Wilw751/
Wisløff73249/
Welff67121/
Billf6729/
Wellf6718/
Welfe678/
Woelf678/
Wölfe676/
Welfh673/
Willw672/
Vilfe671/
Wülff671/
Weelf670/
Weilw670/
Welfz670/

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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 Wilf
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