Wolfsburger Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wolfsburger Surname User-submission:

Wolfsburger is a surname that doesn't mean what some people believe. It doesn't mean 'wolf burger'. It means 'one from Wolfsburg'. Wolfsburg is a German city very close (20' by car) to Brunswick, in Lower Saxony, in a train route between Frankfurt and Berlin.

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Wolfsburger Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wolfsburger Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Wolfsburger is a surname that doesn't mean what some people believe. It doesn't mean 'wolf burger'. It means 'one from Wolfsburg'. Wolfsburg is a German city very close (20' by car) to Brunswick, in Lower Saxony, in a train route between Frankfurt and Berlin. It's known for its local FC, which is quite known and has played with major European FCs from England, Germany, Italy, etc. A large city close to Wolfsburg is Hanover, closer to Wolfsburg than Frankfurt and Berlin.

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Wolfsburger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wolfsburger occurs most in Austria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolfsburger? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Wolfsburger live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Austria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,257,718. In Austria Wolfsburger is most common in: Carinthia, where 50 percent are found and Styria, where 50 percent are found. Besides Austria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolfesburger963/
Wolfsberger911,094/
Wolfsbarger910/
Wolfspurger910/
Wolfesberger87333/
Wolfisberger871/
Wolfesbarger870/
Wolfsperger82426/
Wolfesperger782/
Wolfewsperger751/

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