Wolf surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wolf surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 68,905 people carried this name — #427 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,920 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

4,234 people named Wolf live in Switzerland.

They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 933
Bern 581
Aargau 310
Lucerne 293
Graubünden 290
St. Gallen 241
Thurgau 214
Basel-Landschaft 206

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

2,246 people named Wolf have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,834 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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Where they live today

Silesian 384
Pomeranian 301
Lower Silesian 242
Masovian 211
Greater Poland 204
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 169
Opole 160
Łódź 127

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,117 people named Wolf.

312 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 312
Bas-Rhin 597
Haut-Rhin 426
Moselle 295
Paris 130
Meurthe-et-Moselle 30
Rhône 24
Dordogne 15
Nord 15

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 198 people named Wolf 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 Antwerp.

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Where they live today

Antwerp 55
Brussels-Capital 46
Liège 35
Namur 25
Hainaut 14
Luxembourg Province 13
East Flanders 5
Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Wolf in American newspapers,
1892–1921.

Newspaper page from Fairhaven Herald carrying the name Wolf
Fairhaven Herald 1892-04-13
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Wolf
The Ogden Standard 1910-08-06
Newspaper page from Crossville Chronicle carrying the name Wolf
Crossville Chronicle 1921-04-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,240,053 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wolf,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hieronymus Wolf
    Hieronymus Wolf 1516–1580 · librarian
  • Johannes Wolf
    Johannes Wolf 1521–1572 · parson
  • Johann Christoph Wolf
    Johann Christoph Wolf 1683–1739 · polymath
  • Johann Christian Wolf
    Johann Christian Wolf 1690–1770 · librarian
  • Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf
    Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf 1724–1784 · astronomer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 100 lives in all are documented under this name.

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