Wulfen Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Wulfen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Wulfen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wulfen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wulfen occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wulfen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wulfen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Wulfen reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany Wulfen is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 73 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 2 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.
Wulfen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wulfen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wulfen surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wulffen | 92 | 135 | / |
| Wullfen | 92 | 17 | / |
| Wulffeng | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wolfen | 83 | 101 | / |
| Wolfien | 77 | 58 | / |
| Woulfin | 77 | 29 | / |
| Wolfeen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wolffen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wolhffen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Woulfing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wulffing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wulfingh | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bulfin | 67 | 560 | / |
| Wolfin | 67 | 201 | / |
| Vulfin | 67 | 31 | / |
| Vulfyn | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vulfina | 62 | 12 | / |
| Vulfyna | 62 | 9 | / |
| Wulfimg | 62 | 1 | / |
| Woelfin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Woolfin | 62 | 0 | / |
| Volfienė | 57 | 2 | / |
| Woollfin | 57 | 0 | / |
| Wolfhnowa | 53 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wulfen
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