How common is the surname Wulff?

2,758 people in the United States had the surname Wulff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,945 Americans. It ranked 11,423rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wulff?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wulff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wulff?

Christian Wulff, 10th German Federal President.

Where is the surname Wulff most common?

Wikidata records people named Wulff in Germany.

Is the surname Wulff getting more or less common?

More common. 2,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,758 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Wulff

A surname, carried by 2,758 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wulff is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,758 people named Wulff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,945 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,742.

#11,423

rank among US surnames

2,758

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864
#11,420	Polzin	2,759	111,905
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945
#11,428	Popa	2,757	111,986
#11,430	Eshelman	2,756	112,027

Who is named Wulff

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

93% of people named Wulff identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wulffs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christian Wulff
10th German Federal President, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wulff

Wulff 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 Wulff?: 2,758 people in the United States had the surname Wulff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,945 Americans. It ranked 11,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wulff?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wulff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wulff?: Christian Wulff, 10th German Federal President.
Where is the surname Wulff most common?: Wikidata records people named Wulff in Germany.
Is the surname Wulff getting more or less common?: More common. 2,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,758 in 2010, up 0.6%.