How common is the last name Wolf?

69,917 people in the United States have the last name Wolf, about 1 in 4,275. It ranks #467 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WOLF

#467

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
69,917
About
1 in 4,275
This common or more
31.2%
Who bears it

Of the 69,917 people with the last name Wolf, 90.2% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wolf

#465 Brady · 70,047#466 Clarke · 70,011#468 Mack · 69,776#469 Goodman · 69,577

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wolf, most common first.

#388 Wolfe · 80,540#1,652 Wolff · 21,203#7,407 Woolf · 4,342#118,445 Woulf · 155

Also a first name

As a first name, Wolf ranks #9,121 of 53,615, with 1,548 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 107 births. See Wolf as a first name

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