Wölf Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wölf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Wölf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wölf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wölf is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wölf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wölf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Wölf are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Wölf is most common in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 17 percent reside and Slovakia, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Wölf
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