Wolfan Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Wolfan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolfan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Wolfan (602) may also be a first name.

Wolfan Last Name Facts

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

Wolfan occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolfan? popularity and diffusion

Wolfan is the 4,772,636th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Wolfan live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Wolfan is also the 340,659th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 602 people.

This last name is most widely held in Czechia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,519,067. In Czechia it is most numerous in: Vysočina Region, where 71 percent are found, Central Bohemian Region, where 14 percent are found and Olomouc Region, where 14 percent are found. Besides Czechia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 41 percent are found and Austria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolfean9216/
Wolfgahn862/
Wollfgan861/
Wolffean860/
Wohlfant860/
Bolfan83159/
Walfan837/
Wolfam835/
Wulfan834/
Wolfon834/
Wolfanová808/
Wolfond7736/
Volfgan7726/
Volfand7722/
Volfang778/
Wulfand775/
Wolffon773/
Volfane773/
Wolfonk770/
Woolfon770/
Walfanne711/
Wohlfein711/
Wolffoon711/
Wahlfand711/
Wohlfond711/
Bolfán67110/
Bulfan6791/
Balfan6722/
Volfon675/
Wolfeigne671/
Wohlfondt671/
Wolfom671/
Walfon671/
Walfam671/
Bolfon671/

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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 Wolfan
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