The Nolf surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 636 people carried this name — #35,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 659 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nolf surname
Borrowed from German and Dutch Nolf.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nolf» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 390 people named Nolf live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 157 people named Nolf.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Nolf,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Nolf 1873–1953 · physician -
Frank Nolf d. 2025 · malacologist
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Henri Nolf 1818–1884 · politician
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Ernest Nolf 1870–1958 · politician
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Jozef Nolf 1870–1933 · politician
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Werner Nolf 1933– · sport cyclist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nolf.
- Noirot 180 · U.S. census
- Noisette 296 · U.S. census
- Nol 198 · U.S. census
- Nolan 46,054 · U.S. census
- Nold 1,503 · U.S. census
- Nolet 584 · U.S. census
- Nolin 2,500 · U.S. census
- Noll 10,374 · U.S. census
- Nolle 292 · U.S. census
- Nollet 152 · U.S. census
- Nonnenmacher 327 · U.S. census
- Noppe 127 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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