Wolders Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wolders Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolders Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wolders Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wolders is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolders? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Wolders occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Wolders live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wolders is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 367,113. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 72 percent reside, Zeeland, where 13 percent reside and North Brabant, where 11 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

Wolders Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wolders has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woelders93457/
Volders862,623/
Walders86344/
Bolders86243/
Waalders8070/
Boulders801/
Balders71149/
Vulders71126/
Valders7118/
Bulders716/
Walderx711/
Bülders711/
Builders6711/
Baldersø679/
Valderås677/
Baldears672/
Balderrs671/
Bullders671/
Baulders670/
Buildders631/
Bouldoirs631/
Walldorss631/

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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 Wolders
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