Wolffgang Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Wolffgang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Wolffgang (24) may also be a first name.
Wolffgang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolffgang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wolffgang is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolffgang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,352,516th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Wolffgang occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Wolffgang are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held first name in the world, held by 24 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 1,437,597. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 16 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 9 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Wolffgang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wolffgang has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wolffgang surname fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wolffgang
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