Wulff Surname
Approximately 24,156 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWulff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12,608 | 1:6,385 | 782 |
| United States | 4,386 | 1:82,640 | 9,386 |
| Denmark | 2,019 | 1:2,796 | 231 |
| Ghana | 1,178 | 1:22,938 | 2,795 |
| Brazil | 750 | 1:285,432 | 10,994 |
| Sweden | 731 | 1:13,470 | 1,159 |
| Canada | 392 | 1:93,994 | 10,267 |
| Norway | 294 | 1:17,491 | 2,169 |
| Australia | 280 | 1:96,413 | 10,942 |
| Netherlands | 220 | 1:76,760 | 12,983 |
| Argentina | 204 | 1:209,527 | 17,283 |
| South Africa | 192 | 1:282,176 | 27,721 |
| Finland | 143 | 1:38,438 | 4,905 |
| England | 117 | 1:476,223 | 30,919 |
| Ecuador | 97 | 1:163,978 | 7,313 |
| Venezuela | 96 | 1:314,626 | 7,121 |
| Switzerland | 65 | 1:126,353 | 12,618 |
| Spain | 50 | 1:935,041 | 35,950 |
| New Zealand | 45 | 1:100,629 | 13,472 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Chile | 26 | 1:677,557 | 15,745 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Uruguay | 10 | 1:343,176 | 22,254 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 42 | 1:580,366 | 29,847 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 259 | 1:193,895 | 16,985 |
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.
(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.
Wulff Demographics
Average Male Wulff Height
177.03 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wülff | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wulffe | 91 | 28 | / |
| Woulff | 91 | 20 | / |
| Wullff | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wulf | 89 | 33,538 | / |
| Woulffe | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wolff | 80 | 124,828 | / |
| Woulf | 80 | 271 | / |
| Wulfe | 80 | 115 | / |
| Wullf | 80 | 90 | / |
| Vulff | 80 | 52 | / |
| Wulfs | 80 | 6 | / |
| Bulff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woulfe | 73 | 2,122 | / |
| Wuilfe | 73 | 40 | / |
| Woolff | 73 | 34 | / |
| Wollff | 73 | 17 | / |
| Wholff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wwolff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Woelff | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wolf | 67 | 361,818 | / |
| Vulf | 67 | 3,575 | / |
| Bulf | 67 | 616 | / |
| Wulw | 67 | 66 | / |
| Wulfová | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wülf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wulb | 67 | 1 | / |
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