Wolfs Surname

85,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wolfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,7711:6,094668
Belgium1,8731:6,138765
Germany4431:181,72821,226
France1781:373,16155,519
United States1511:2,400,390147,856
Canada901:409,39536,056
Australia371:729,61448,196
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
England91:6,190,895170,599
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Wolfs (17) may also be a first name.

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolffs91275/
Wollfs912/
Wolfse911/
Woolfs911/
Volfs8059/
Wulfs806/
Walfs800/
Wolfsová771/
Wulfse73114/
Wolfseher71152/
Vulfs6047/
Bolbs602/
Volbs601/
Balfs600/
Valfsh552/
Wulfce551/

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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 Wolfs
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