Woltjes Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Woltjes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woltjes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1321:127,93319,924
Germany351:2,300,156119,987

Woltjes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woltjes is most common in The Netherlands. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woltjes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woltjes is the 1,338,236th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Woltjes occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Woltjes are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Woltjes is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 127,933. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Utrecht, where 31 percent are found, Groningen, where 25 percent are found and Gelderland, where 23 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woeltjes93140/
Woltje9287/
Woljes920/
Woltjer861,105/
Boltjes86841/
Voltjes8614/
Woltjeh861/
Weultjes80149/
Booltjes801/
Waltje77182/
Boltje77151/
Woltze7732/
Wolges7714/
Woltja776/
Woltge773/
Baltjes7181/
Waltjer7135/
Bültjes7130/
Walljes7112/
Bolties714/
Woltger714/
Wolches711/
Woltgie710/
Builtjes67100/
Wolze6745/
Bolthies671/
Waltches670/

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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 Woltjes
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