Wülfing Surname

444,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 769 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wülfing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wülfing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7551:106,63013,171
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

The alternate forms: Wulfing (289) are calculated separately.

Wülfing Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wülfing Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wülfing is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Wulfing. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wülfing? popularity and diffusion

It is the 444,080th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 9,476,653 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wülfing live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 755 people, or 1 in 106,630. In Germany Wülfing is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live and Hamburg, where 5 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Wülfing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wülfing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wülfing last name declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wulfing95289/
Wülffing931/
Wlfing924/
Wilfing86996/
Welfing86101/
Wolfing8690/
Wölfing8678/
Wuelfing80220/
Woelfing8017/
Wolffing8015/
Wölffing8014/
Wulffing801/
Woulfing801/
Willfing800/
Wulfingh800/
Welfings800/
Welfin7728/
Wilfin7710/
Vilfing716/
Wolfink712/
Wuelfng712/
Wulfimg711/
Woelfin711/
Wilfeng710/
Bulfing710/
Wulffeng670/
Belfin6256/
Wilfen6233/
Velfin624/
Uelfin622/
Vilfin621/
Welfen621/
Bylfn501/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wülfing
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