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 last name Wölffer occurs most in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wölffer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wölffer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It 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 surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Wölffer is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 47 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 30 percent live and Portugal, where 4 percent live.
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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