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The surname Wulf

A surname, carried by 4,499 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W410

Wulf: #7,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wulf #7,397, 4,499 people Wulf: #7,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wulf #7,397, 4,499 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wulf is more common than 95.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,499 people named Wulf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,625 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,559.

#7,397
rank among US surnames
4,499
people in 2010
1.5
per 100,000 Americans
-1.3%
change since 2000 (was #6,810)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,393Bostwick4,50268,580
#7,394Lodge4,50168,595
#7,395Hou4,50068,610
#7,397Wulf4,49968,625

Who is named Wulf

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Wulf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wulf

Wulf has the Soundex code W410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W410.

Questions

How common is the surname Wulf?
4,499 people in the United States had the surname Wulf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,625 Americans. It ranked 7,397th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wulf?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wulf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wulf getting more or less common?
Less common. 4,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,499 in 2010, down 1.3%.