Wolfs Surname
Approximately 5,641 people bear this surname
Wolfs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,771 | 1:6,094 | 668 |
| Belgium | 1,873 | 1:6,138 | 765 |
| Germany | 443 | 1:181,728 | 21,226 |
| France | 178 | 1:373,161 | 55,519 |
| United States | 151 | 1:2,400,390 | 147,856 |
| Canada | 90 | 1:409,395 | 36,056 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Wolfs (17) may also be a first name.
Wolfs Demographics
Average Wolfs Salary in
United States
$38,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wolfs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolfs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wolfs occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wolfs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolfs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wolfs is the 85,490th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,291,889 people. Wolfs occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Wolfs live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
Wolfs is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2,771 people, or 1 in 6,094. In The Netherlands Wolfs is most prevalent in: Limburg, where 32 percent live, North Brabant, where 30 percent live and North Holland, where 10 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname is found in 45 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 33 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.
Wolfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wolfs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,678 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wolfs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wolfs surname are 37.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.21% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wolfs earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 10.29% less than the national average, earning $38,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 61.49% more than the national average, earning $80,235 CAD per year.
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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 Wolfs
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