Woolf Surname

45,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Woolf Surname Definition:

Nick 'the wolf'; concerning the extermination of wolves in England, see Wolfhunt.

John le Wlf, Sussex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.Stolen from Fore bears

Agnes le Wolf, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Emma le Wolf, Wiltshire.

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Woolf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6251:54,7116,522
England2,5071:22,2253,108
Australia5581:48,3796,037
South Africa4241:127,77815,009
Canada3081:119,62912,601
New Zealand2841:15,9452,783
Russia971:1,485,805102,006
Wales761:40,7183,964
France681:976,805110,007
Brazil451:4,757,207124,005
Zimbabwe431:359,02933,752
Scotland421:127,4727,985
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Belgium261:442,17945,013
Bermuda241:2,720427
Mexico241:5,171,92529,601
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Kazakhstan151:1,178,83365,606
Moldova131:273,95123,172
Belarus131:730,85159,297
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
China51:273,464,31313,838
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9771:24,9493,457
Wales161:98,0264,293
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2691:22,1332,780

Woolf (171) may also be a first name.

Woolf Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Nick 'the wolf'; concerning the extermination of wolves in England, see Wolfhunt.

John le Wlf, Sussex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.Stolen from Fore bears

Agnes le Wolf, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Emma le Wolf, Wiltshire. ibid.

Adam le Wolf. Rolls of Parliament.

Philip le Wolf, 1306. Writs of Parliament.

(2) Bapt. 'the son of Wolf,' or Ulf, a personal name, once so familiar that our local nomenclature could not escape its influence, as in Ulverston, Wolverton, Wolvesey, Wolvercote, Wolverley, Wolverhampton, Wolferton, &c. The Index to Freeman's Norman Conq. Wills how that Ulf or Wolf was almost as common a personal name in England as in Iceland or Denmark. See also Miss Yonge, ii. 267. Ulf, son of Tur-ulf, witnessed the foundation charter of St. Mary's Priory, Lancaster (Baines' Lancashire). Another Ulf married Canute s sister; yet a third was Bishop of Dorchester.

Ulf de Appelbi, 1163: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.

Ulf Stodhyrda, 1196: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.

Roger Ulfe, temp. 1350: Cartularium Abbatiale de Whiteby, Ordinis S. Benedicti.

William fil. Ulfe, temp. 1350: ibid.

Peter Ulfe, temp. 1250: ibid.

Magota Wife, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Wolphe, or Wulph, Wiltshire, 1586: Register of the University of Oxford.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Wolf(e, q,v. But most of the Woolf(e)s in the London Directory are of more or less recent Continental origin.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Ger. ) WoLF [Ger. O.H.Ger. wolf]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) Same as Wolf, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Woolf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woolf occurs most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woolf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woolf is the 45,658th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 641,509 people. The last name Woolf is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Woolf reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Woolf is also the 698,971st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 171 people.

The last name Woolf is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,625 people, or 1 in 54,711. In The United States Woolf is most common in: California, where 12 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Ohio, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 64 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

Woolf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Woolf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Woolf surname rose 292 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 475 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 840 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Woolf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Jewish (100%) in Ireland and Catholic (50%) in Russia.

In The United States Woolf are 36.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 89.58% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Woolf earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.84% more than the national average, earning R 465,396 per year; in United States they earn 6.39% more than the national average, earning $45,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.49% more than the national average, earning $55,888 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Woolfe911,599/
Woolff9134/
Wolf89361,818/
Wolfe80127,498/
Wolff80124,828/
Woulf80271/
Wollf80211/
Wholf80131/
Wolft8011/
Woelf808/
Wohlf805/
Boolf801/
Woëlf801/
Wwolf800/
Woilf800/
Woulfe732,122/
Wolffe73765/
Wolffs73275/
Woulff7320/
Wollff7317/
Wollfe7310/
D'Wolf736/
Wollfs732/
Wholff732/
Wwolff732/
Voolfe731/
Wholfe731/
Wuolff730/
Woelff730/
Wulf6733,538/
Volf6717,265/
Wolfová672,531/
Bolf671,596/
Walf67154/
Wolfova6725/
Wolb678/
Wolw674/
Uolf673/
Wülf673/
Wolv672/
Woulffe670/

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