Wolf (name)

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Wolf is a given name and a surname. It is common among Germanic-speaking peoples, alongside variants such as Wulf. Names which translate to English "wolf" are also common among other nations, including many Native American peoples within the current or former extent of the habitat of the grey wolf (essentially all of North America).

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Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 53.2% of all known bearers of the surname Wolf were residents of Germany (frequency 1 out of 413), 27.4% of the United States (1 out of 3,608), 3.9% of Austria (1 out of 596), 2.5% of Brazil (1 out of 21,995), 1.4% of Switzerland (1 out of 1,622), 1.2% of the Netherlands (1 out of 3,735) and 1.0% of France (1 out of 17,534).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1 out of 413) in the following states: [1]

  1. Saxony (1 out of 214)
  2. Rhineland-Palatinate (1 out of 292)
  3. Hesse (1 out of 297)
  4. Thuringia (1 out of 297)
  5. Bavaria (1 out of 337)
  6. Brandenburg (1 out of 365)
  7. Baden-Württemberg (1 out of 368)
  8. Saxony-Anhalt (1 out of 394)

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