Wulff Surname

22,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wulff 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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Wulff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany12,6081:6,385782
United States4,3861:82,6409,386
Denmark2,0191:2,796231
Ghana1,1781:22,9382,795
Brazil7501:285,43210,994
Sweden7311:13,4701,159
Canada3921:93,99410,267
Norway2941:17,4912,169
Australia2801:96,41310,942
Netherlands2201:76,76012,983
Argentina2041:209,52717,283
South Africa1921:282,17627,721
Finland1431:38,4384,905
England1171:476,22330,919
Ecuador971:163,9787,313
Venezuela961:314,6267,121
Switzerland651:126,35312,618
Spain501:935,04135,950
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
France351:1,897,792163,564
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Chile261:677,55715,745
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Wales121:257,87814,969
Uruguay101:343,17622,254
Austria91:946,15970,786
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2591:193,89516,985

The alternate forms: Wülff (1) are calculated separately.

Wulff (99) may also be a first name.

Wulff 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

(German) Descendant of Vulf, a pet form of names beginning with Wolf (wolf), as Wolfbrand, Wolfgang and Wolfgard; dweller at the sign of the wolf; one with the qualities of a wolf.

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

Wulff Last Name Facts

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

Wulff is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Wülff. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wulff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 22,491st most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 301,687 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Wulff reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wulff is also the 951,070th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 99 people.

Wulff is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 12,608 people, or 1 in 6,385. In Germany Wulff is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 28 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Hamburg, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Denmark, where 8 percent are found.

Wulff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wulff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wulff last name expanded 1,693 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 279 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wulff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wulff last name are 15.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.25% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wulff earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.32% less than the national average, earning 344,988 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 113.15% more than the national average, earning R 506,520 per year; in United States they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $45,990 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% more than the national average, earning $49,928 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Wülff931/
Wulffe9128/
Woulff9120/
Wullff911/
Wulf8933,538/
Woulffe830/
Wolff80124,828/
Woulf80271/
Wulfe80115/
Wullf8090/
Vulff8052/
Wulfs806/
Bulff801/
Woulfe732,122/
Wuilfe7340/
Woolff7334/
Wollff7317/
Wholff732/
Wwolff732/
Woelff730/
Wolf67361,818/
Vulf673,575/
Bulf67616/
Wulw6766/
Wulfová674/
Wülf673/
Wulb671/

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