Wölfli Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Wölfli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 207 | 1:39,676 | 5,644 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Wőlfli (7) are calculated separately.
Wölfli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wölfli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wölfli is most common in Switzerland. It may also occur in the variant forms: Wőlfli. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wölfli? popularity and diffusion
Wölfli is the 1,058,336th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wölfli are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 39,676. In Switzerland Wölfli is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Bern, where 57 percent live, Canton of Aargau, where 15 percent live and Canton of Solothurn, where 13 percent live. Beside Switzerland Wölfli is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 11 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wőlfli | 94 | 7 | / |
| Wölfle | 83 | 3,951 | / |
| Völfli | 83 | 32 | / |
| Welfli | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wölfler | 77 | 502 | / |
| Woelfli | 77 | 23 | / |
| Wölffle | 77 | 15 | / |
| Wilflie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Welfle | 67 | 145 | / |
| Belfli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welfly | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wilfly | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woelfle | 62 | 881 | / |
| Wilfley | 62 | 279 | / |
| Welfley | 62 | 157 | / |
| Welfler | 62 | 51 | / |
| Wilflay | 62 | 4 | / |
| Woelflé | 62 | 1 | / |
| Waelfly | 62 | 0 | / |
| Woelfly | 62 | 0 | / |
| Woelffle | 57 | 73 | / |
| Woelfley | 57 | 3 | / |
| Woelfflé | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wellflay | 57 | 0 | / |
| Velfle | 50 | 15 | / |
| Blffle | 50 | 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 Wölfli
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