Woulff Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Woulff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woulff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Woulff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woulff has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Woulff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Woulff occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Woulff are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Woulff is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Arizona, where 44 percent live, California, where 33 percent live and Wisconsin, where 22 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and Belgium, where 20 percent live.

Woulff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woulff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 225 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woulff Last Name Statistics demography

Woulff earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woulffe920/
Wolff91124,828/
Wulff9124,156/
Woulf91271/
Woulfe832,122/
Wolffe83765/
Wolffs83275/
Woolff8334/
Wulffe8328/
Wollff8317/
Wwolff832/
Wholff832/
Wullff831/
Wuolff830/
Woelff830/
Wolf80361,818/
Wulf8033,538/
Wolfe73127,498/
Woolf7311,360/
Volff73692/
Wollf73211/
Wholf73131/
Wulfe73115/
Wullf7390/
Vulff7352/
Bolff7318/
Wolft7311/
Woelf738/
Wulfs736/
Wohlf735/
Walff734/
Voulf733/
Woëlf731/
Bulff731/
Wülff731/
Woilf730/
Wwolf730/
Wolffová7122/
Wolffova712/
Woolfe671,599/
Wuilfe6740/
Volffe6710/
Wollfe6710/
D'Wolf676/
Wollfs672/
Wualef671/
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 Woulff
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