Wolffs Surname

950,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wolffs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolffs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1231:137,29421,086
Germany671:1,201,57478,034
United States301:12,081,964463,456
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Wolffs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolffs is most common in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolffs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 950,707th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. Wolffs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Wolffs are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 137,294. In The Netherlands Wolffs is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 72 percent live, North Brabant, where 17 percent live and Gelderland, where 7 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Wolffs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wolffs surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Wolffs earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 48.52% more than the national average, earning R 352,944 per year and in United States they earn 78.45% more than the national average, earning $77,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolff91124,828/
Wolfs915,641/
Wolffe83765/
Woolff8334/
Woulff8320/
Wollff8317/
Wollfs832/
Wholff832/
Wwolff832/
Woolfs831/
Wolfse831/
Wuolff830/
Wolf80361,818/
Woulffe770/
Wolfe73127,498/
Woolf7311,360/
Volff73692/
Woulf73271/
Wollf73211/
Wholf73131/
Volfs7359/
Bolff7318/
Wolft7311/
Wulfs736/
Wohlf735/
Walff734/
Woëlf731/
Woilf730/
Walfs730/
Wwolf730/
Wolffová7122/
Wolffova712/
Wolfsová711/
Woulfe672,122/
Woolfe671,599/
Wolfseher67152/
Wulfse67114/
Volffe6710/
Wollfe6710/
D'Wolf676/
Wholfe671/

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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 Wolffs
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