Wollgarten Surname

504,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wollgarten Surname User-submission:

The surname Wollgarten literally means 'whoolgarden', but the origin has nothing to do with 'whool'. It is a modified version of the surname Wolfgarten, which means 'wolfgarden'. It originated from the Eifelregion in Germany, which was the home of many wolves some time ago.

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Wollgarten 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
Germany6241:129,01515,714
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wollgarten Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Wollgarten literally means 'whoolgarden', but the origin has nothing to do with 'whool'. It is a modified version of the surname Wolfgarten, which means 'wolfgarden'. It originated from the Eifelregion in Germany, which was the home of many wolves some time ago. So the family Wollgarten was a family that had Wolves living on their lands. The family crest shows a howling wolf behind a wooden fence.

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Wollgarten Last Name Facts

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

Wollgarten is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wollgarten? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wollgarten is the 504,985th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,211,609 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wollgarten live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 624 people, or 1 in 129,015. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent live, Bavaria, where 3 percent live and Hesse, where 2 percent live. Other than Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

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Wolgarten9534/
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Walker-Hatten521/
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