Wolfsen Surname

595,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wolfsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolfsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2551:1,421,40897,813
Netherlands1771:95,40815,599
Denmark551:102,6319,658
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Wolfsen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolfsen is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wolfsen.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolfsen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 595,654th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 13,934,122 people. Wolfsen occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Wolfsen live; 40 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 255 people, or 1 in 1,421,408. In The United States Wolfsen is mostly concentrated in: Michigan, where 26 percent reside, Arizona, where 5 percent reside and Texas, where 4 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 34 percent reside and Denmark, where 11 percent reside.

Wolfsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wolfsen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,594 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolfsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wolfsen surname are 14.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.76% registered to vote for the party.

Wolfsen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.55% more than the national average, earning $45,977 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolffsen9327/
Wolfson868,732/
Wulfsen8682/
Wolfsan862/
Wolfsin861/
Wolfsem861/
Woolfson80794/
Wolfsohn80334/
Wolffson8018/
Wolfsont8014/
Wolfsson803/
Wolfshon801/
Wolffsohn7519/
Wolffsong751/
Volfson71793/
Wulfson71124/
Wolfschoon7196/
Walfson7123/
Bolfson717/
Wolfsom711/
Walfsan711/
Wolfzon711/
Wolfsam710/
Wolfgin710/
Wulfsohn67368/
Wulffson6727/
Voulfson6713/
Wulfshon678/
Voolfson672/
Volfsone671/
Woolfgin670/
Volffson670/
Woolvsin670/
Wulffsohn631/
Volfsonová593/
Vulfson57224/
Volfzon5724/
Valfson5714/
Volvson571/
Vulfsone5322/
Voļfsone531/
Bolhbssan501/

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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 Wolfsen
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