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

Woulff is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Woulff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woulff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Woulff is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Woulff is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Woulff live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most common in: Arizona, where 44 percent reside, California, where 33 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 22 percent reside. Apart from The United States Woulff exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent reside and Belgium, where 20 percent reside.

Woulff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency 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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