Wolfram Surname

39,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Suriname

Wolfram Surname User-submission:

Derived from the Germanic words, 'wolf' and 'hrafn', translating to 'wolf raven'. Most prevalent in south western Germany.

Wolfram Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8,7991:9,1491,146
United States2,3041:157,31716,073
Austria6891:12,3591,743
Poland4041:94,08114,432
Canada2461:149,77915,288
Suriname831:6,6581,580
Hungary751:130,88412,125
Brazil651:3,293,45194,173
England551:1,013,05650,089
Denmark521:108,55210,139
France451:1,476,060142,161
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578
Australia381:710,41347,396
Sweden361:273,52118,976
Czechia321:332,29640,874
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Iceland171:22,3581,772
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Finland91:610,74534,002
Belize61:59,2462,743
Norway61:857,04855,549
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2891:173,76715,617

The alternate forms: Wolfrám (3) are calculated separately.

Wolfram (39,118) may also be a first name.

Wolfram Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Derived from the Germanic words, 'wolf' and 'hrafn', translating to 'wolf raven'. Most prevalent in south western Germany.

- kmurflow

Wolfram Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolfram (Arabic: فرام) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant: Wolfrám. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolfram? popularity and diffusion

Wolfram is the 39,899th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 553,933 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Wolfram live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wolfram is also the 22,627th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 39,118 people.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 8,799 people, or 1 in 9,149. In Germany Wolfram is most prevalent in: Thuringia, where 19 percent live, Saxony, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Austria, where 5 percent live.

Wolfram Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wolfram has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 797 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolfram Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wolfram surname are 13.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.15% registered with the political party.

The amount Wolfram earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 21.09% less than the national average, earning 273,082 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning $46,569 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.08% more than the national average, earning $53,696 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Wolfram Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wolfram in the Arabic language
فرامfram-

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