Woolf Surname
Approximately 11,360 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWoolf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,625 | 1:54,711 | 6,522 |
| England | 2,507 | 1:22,225 | 3,108 |
| Australia | 558 | 1:48,379 | 6,037 |
| South Africa | 424 | 1:127,778 | 15,009 |
| Canada | 308 | 1:119,629 | 12,601 |
| New Zealand | 284 | 1:15,945 | 2,783 |
| Russia | 97 | 1:1,485,805 | 102,006 |
| Wales | 76 | 1:40,718 | 3,964 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Bermuda | 24 | 1:2,720 | 427 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Moldova | 13 | 1:273,951 | 23,172 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 977 | 1:24,949 | 3,457 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,269 | 1:22,133 | 2,780 |
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.
= Wolf(e, q,v. But most of the Woolf(e)s in the London Directory are of more or less recent Continental origin.
(Ger. ) WoLF [Ger. O.H.Ger. wolf]
(German) Same as Wolf, q.v.
Woolf Demographics
Woolf Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolfe | 91 | 1,599 | / |
| Woolff | 91 | 34 | / |
| Wolf | 89 | 361,818 | / |
| Wolfe | 80 | 127,498 | / |
| Wolff | 80 | 124,828 | / |
| Woulf | 80 | 271 | / |
| Wollf | 80 | 211 | / |
| Wholf | 80 | 131 | / |
| Wolft | 80 | 11 | / |
| Woelf | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wohlf | 80 | 5 | / |
| Boolf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woëlf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wwolf | 80 | 0 | / |
| Woilf | 80 | 0 | / |
| Woulfe | 73 | 2,122 | / |
| Wolffe | 73 | 765 | / |
| Wolffs | 73 | 275 | / |
| Woulff | 73 | 20 | / |
| Wollff | 73 | 17 | / |
| Wollfe | 73 | 10 | / |
| D'Wolf | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wollfs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wholff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wwolff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Voolfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wholfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wuolff | 73 | 0 | / |
| Woelff | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wulf | 67 | 33,538 | / |
| Volf | 67 | 17,265 | / |
| Wolfová | 67 | 2,531 | / |
| Bolf | 67 | 1,596 | / |
| Walf | 67 | 154 | / |
| Wolfova | 67 | 25 | / |
| Wolb | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wolw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uolf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wülf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wolv | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woulffe | 67 | 0 | / |
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