Wulst Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Wulst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Wülst (1) are calculated separately.
Wulst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wulst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wulst is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Wülst. Click here for other potential spellings of Wulst.
How Common Is The Last Name Wulst? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Wulst occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wulst live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany Wulst is most common in: Bremen, where 21 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside and Bavaria, where 16 percent reside. Other than Germany Wulst is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wülst | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wuls | 89 | 74 | / |
| Wolst | 80 | 288 | / |
| Bulst | 80 | 110 | / |
| Wauls | 80 | 75 | / |
| Wulzt | 80 | 25 | / |
| Wuils | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wulss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wules | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wulls | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wulsch | 73 | 125 | / |
| Wulles | 73 | 49 | / |
| Woules | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wilest | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vulste | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wolszt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whules | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wuiles | 73 | 0 | / |
| Buls | 67 | 2,101 | / |
| Wulz | 67 | 1,056 | / |
| Wols | 67 | 683 | / |
| Wolscht | 67 | 104 | / |
| Vuls | 67 | 46 | / |
| Wulsche | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wuilles | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wulx | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whuiles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wolestt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woolest | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wauless | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wulst
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