Wullf Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wullf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wullf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark431:131,27211,828
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Wullf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wullf occurs in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wullf.

How Common Is The Last Name Wullf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,967,751st most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Wullf live; 68 percent live in Northern Europe and 66 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Wullf is most commonly used in Denmark, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 131,272. In Denmark it is primarily concentrated in: Central Denmark Region, where 53 percent live, Capital Region of Denmark, where 23 percent live and Region of Southern Denmark, where 19 percent live. Beside Denmark this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent live and Sweden, where 13 percent live.

Wullf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wullf has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wullff911/
Wulf8933,538/
Wulff8024,156/
Woulf80271/
Wollf80211/
Wulfe80115/
Wulfs806/
Bullf800/
Woulfe732,122/
Wuilfe7340/
Wulffe7328/
Woulff7320/
Wollff7317/
Wolf67361,818/
Vulf673,575/
Bulf67616/
Wulw6766/
Wulfová674/
Wülf673/
Wulb671/
Woulffe670/
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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 Wullf
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