Wollff Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Wollff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wollff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
France21:33,211,361423,184
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wollff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wollff occurs in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wollff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wollff is the 4,772,636th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Wollff live; 53 percent live in South America and 47 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

It is most frequently used in Argentina, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 5,342,927. In Argentina it is mostly found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Argentina this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.

Wollff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wollff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wollff surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolff91124,828/
Wollf91211/
Wolffe83765/
Wolffs83275/
Woolff8334/
Woulff8320/
Wollfe8310/
Wholff832/
Wwolff832/
Wollfs832/
Wullff831/
Woelff830/
Wuolff830/
Wolf80361,818/
Woulffe770/
Wolfe73127,498/
Wulff7324,156/
Woolf7311,360/
Volff73692/
Woulf73271/
Wholf73131/
Wullf7390/
Bolff7318/
Vollf7314/
Wallf7311/
Wolft7311/
Woelf738/
Wohlf735/
Walff734/
Wollw731/
Woëlf731/
Wülff731/
Wwolf730/
Woilf730/
Wolffová7122/
Wolffova712/
Woulfe672,122/
Woolfe671,599/
Wulffe6728/
Volffe6710/
D'Wolf676/
Wallfe671/
Wholfe671/

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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 Wollff
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