Wölffer Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wölffer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Wölffer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wölffer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wölffer occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wölffer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wölffer are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 47 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent reside. Besides Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 30 percent reside and Portugal, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wölfer | 92 | 1,450 | / |
| Wölfert | 86 | 354 | / |
| Welffer | 86 | 55 | / |
| Wölfe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Woelffer | 80 | 180 | / |
| Wilffert | 80 | 42 | / |
| Wöllfert | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wuelffer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wielffer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wilfer | 77 | 1,111 | / |
| Welfer | 77 | 180 | / |
| Völfer | 77 | 33 | / |
| Wälfer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wlfier | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wlfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woelfer | 71 | 329 | / |
| Wülfert | 71 | 136 | / |
| Wuelfer | 71 | 6 | / |
| Willfer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Welfere | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wilfier | 71 | 0 | / |
| Welfear | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wilfeard | 67 | 49 | / |
| Willfert | 67 | 27 | / |
| Wülferth | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wuelfert | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wilfehrt | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wilfe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Welfe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Woellfer | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wölffer
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