Wolfe is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wolfe
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Surname is variation of Woolf. See Wolf - Throughout the middle ages the wolf was regarded with a sort of mysterious awe, from his association with the unseen world—perhaps in the first instance in consequence of his constant attendance on Woden. The semi mythology of those times invested this cruel beast with many remarkable attributes, some of which are still remembered in our nursery literature. Hence many of the old pagan personal names, which descended to Christian times, allude to him; and his name is largely compounded with our local nomenclature, a source in later times of family names. Grimm has collected a large number of Old German proper names compounded with wolf in his 'Deutsche Grammatik,' and it would be equally easy to do the same for the English, and other languages. In France a St. Lou, Lupus, succeeded a St. Ursus in the see of Troyes the V century, and there were several church dignitaries under Charlemagne who were called Lupus. The kinglet Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, is well-known as the kinsman and chief subject of the Conqueror. Lupellus, the diminutive, became softened into Lovell and Lovett, still to be found as English surnames; and there are some curious compounds of the word. Pel-de-leu, for instance-wolf's skin-is an ancient family name mentioned by Ducange, and both Vis-de-Lew and Viso Lupi- wolf's face, occur in Domesday—the former as a tenant-in-chief in Berkshire. In the Roll of Arms of temp. Edward II, Sir William Videlou bears three wolves' heads. Fosbroke mentions a man whose sur name represents him as worse than a wolf" —Archembaldus Pejor-Lupo. See Wolfhunt in this Dict - Anglo-Saxon wolf and hunta, wolf-hunter. A family of this name held lands in Derbyshire, by the service of keeping the Forest of the Peak clear of wolves. Nothing can be more erroneous than the popular opinion that King Edgar succeeded, by the peculiar impost of wolves' heads, which he levied upon his Welsh tributaries, in exterminating this villanous quadruped. That it existed at the time of the Norman Conquest, and even so late as the reign of Edward I, is evident from the following authorities. The Carmen de Bello Hastingensi states that William the Conqueror left the dead bodies of the English upon the battle-field, to be devoured "by worms, and nolres, and birds, and dogs"—(vermibus, atque lupis, avibus, canibusque voranda.) In the year 1851 many skulls of wolves were taken out of a disused medieval well at Pevensey Castle. In the time of Edward I. John Engayne held lands in Huntingdonshire by the tenure of maintaining dogs for the King, for the purpose of hunting the wolf, fox, cat, badger, wild-boar, and hare, in several specified counties. In the Patent Rolls of 9th of the same monarch, John Gifford of Brymmesfield is empowered to destroy the wolves in all the king's forests throughout the realm; while in the same year Peter de Corbet has a similar permission to catch wolves in the royal forests in several counties

as a surname derived from a useful employment. Woolf and Woolfe are among naturalized German Jews in this country.

Lastname is variant of Wolf. The wolf.

Wolfe is form of Wulf. Descendant of Vulf, a pet form of names beginning with Wolf, as Wolfbrand, Wolfgang and Wolfgard; dweller at the sign of the wolf; one with the qualities of a wolf.

Dweller at the sign of the wolf; one with the characteristics of a wolf; descendant of Vulf, a pet form of names beginning with Wolf, as Wolfbrand, Wolfgang and Wolfgard.

Surname Wolfe is a variation of Wolf. Dweller at the sign of the wolf; one with the characteristics of a wolf; descendant of Vulf, a pet form of names beginning with Wolf, as Wolfbrand, Wolfgang and Wolfgard.

The variant form of Woolf. Equivalent of Wolf that means wolf or dweller at the sign of the wolf.

Surname is a variation of the Wolf. Throughout the middle ages the wolf was regarded with a sort of mysterious awe, from his association with the unseen world—perhaps in the first instance in consequence of his constant attendance on Woden. The semi mythology of those times invested this cruel beast with many remarkable attributes, some of which are still remembered in our nursery literature. Hence many of the old pagan personal names, which descended to Christian times, allude to him; and his name is largely compounded with our local nomenclature, a source in later times of family names. Grimm has collected a large number of Old German proper names compounded with wolf in his 'Deutsche Grammatik,' and it would be equally easy to do the same for the English, and other languages. In France a St. Lou, Lupus, succeeded a St. Ursus in the see of Troyes the V century, and there were several church dignitaries under Charlemagne who were called Lupus. The kinglet Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, is well-known as the kinsman and chief subject of the Conqueror. Lupellus, the diminutive, became softened into Lovell and Lovett, still to be found as English surnames; and there are some curious compounds of the word. Pel-de-leu, for instance-wolf's skin-is an ancient family name mentioned by Ducange, and both Vis-de-Lew and Viso Lupi- wolf's face, occur in Domesday—the former as a tenant-in-chief in Berkshire. In the Roll of Arms of temp. Edward II, Sir William Videlou bears three wolves' heads. Fosbroke mentions a man whose sur name represents him as worse than a wolf" —Archembaldus Pejor-Lupo. See Wolfhunt in this Dict - Anglo-Saxon wolf and hunta, wolf-hunter. A family of this name held lands in Derbyshire, by the service of keeping the Forest of the Peak clear of wolves. Nothing can be more erroneous than the popular opinion that King Edgar succeeded, by the peculiar impost of wolves' heads, which he levied upon his Welsh tributaries, in exterminating this villanous quadruped. That it existed at the time of the Norman Conquest, and even so late as the reign of Edward I, is evident from the following authorities. The Carmen de Bello Hastingensi states that William the Conqueror left the dead bodies of the English upon the battle-field, to be devoured "by worms, and nolres, and birds, and dogs"—(vermibus, atque lupis, avibus, canibusque voranda.) In the year 1851 many skulls of wolves were taken out of a disused medieval well at Pevensey Castle. In the time of Edward I. John Engayne held lands in Huntingdonshire by the tenure of maintaining dogs for the King, for the purpose of hunting the wolf, fox, cat, badger, wild-boar, and hare, in several specified counties. In the Patent Rolls of 9th of the same monarch, John Gifford of Brymmesfield is empowered to destroy the wolves in all the king's forests throughout the realm; while in the same year Peter de Corbet has a similar permission to catch wolves in the royal forests in several counties

as a surname derived from a useful employment. Woolf and Woolfe are among naturalized German Jews in this country.

How popular is Wolfe?

Wolfe is common in United States, Canada, England, Australia, Ireland, Jamaica, South Africa, New Zealand, Wales, Scotland, Mexico, Brazil.

Wolfe is ranked 4417 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wolfe bearers increased by 0.98 per cent in 2010 US census to 83928 since 2000, the surname slipped by 37 spots and ranked at 374. The last name was found in around 3 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.77 92.29
Black 3.6 3.37
Hispanic or Latino 2.09 1.43
Others 1.66 1.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.37 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.43
Wolfe is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 127472 people have been found who wears Wolfe as their family name. Wolfe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Wolfe:
332 United States111,609
Countries with thousands of Wolfe:
657 Canada7,905
2,715 England2,943
2,057 Australia1,861
Countries with hundreds of Wolfe:
1,345 Ireland459
818 Jamaica431
21,868 South Africa264
3,150 New Zealand252
2,005 Wales166
3,665 Scotland139
13,442 Mexico119
64,018 Brazil106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,834 Trinidad and Tobago96
2,435 Northern Ireland91
92,307 Philippines88
101,453 France77
1,357 Costa Rica71
1,804 Guyana59
93,812 Germany51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,612 Israel49
273 Bermuda39
9,432 Dominican Republic39
44,765 Netherlands38
228,660 Thailand38
19,635 Norway32
45,498 Spain32
1,412 Belize30
7,666 Singapore30
908 Guam25
30,474 Sweden23
283,555 Russia19
4,443 China17
59,260 Zimbabwe17
19,343 Iraq16
16,023 Qatar16
636 Cayman Islands13
372,576 Indonesia13
45,659 Japan11
7,645 Panama11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
639,611 India10
20,027 Ecuador9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
9,186 Sri Lanka9
58,198 Switzerland9
115,463 Italy8
103,447 Belgium6
105,647 Czechia6
5,222 Hong Kong6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edmund Wolfe was 27 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 8, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Atlas from Liverpool. Patrick Wolfe, aged 21, 22 years old Mary Wolfe, John Wolfe, aged 23, Mary Wolfe, aged 21, Raffe Wolfe, aged 30, Mary Wolfe, Ann Wolfe (19) Immigrant, Tailoress Maurice Wolfe, and 56 other Wolfe around 51.85% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, butcher migrated to US from Liverpool, Waterford, Limerick and Cork.

From Germany

Waiter V. Wolfe from Imelbon, Germany aboard the Louis from Bremen. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on April 27, 1853. 18 years old Fred. Wolfe, Sam. Wolfe (40) Laborer, Wilhel. Wolfe (14), Wilhel. Wolfe, Fred. Wolfe (24) Laborer, 23 years old Antoin Wolfe, Rud. Wolfe, aged Of unknown age, 1 years old Betsie Wolfe, Charlotte Wolfe, and 41 other Wolfe majority of whom were laborer and others worked as merchant and tailor, farmer, spinster migrated to US from Hamburg, London and Hamburg & Southampton.

Wolfe Namesakes

  • Willie Wolfe, was one of the founding members of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • Reginald Wolfe, Dutch-born English Protestant printer and one of the original members of the Royal Stationers' Company
  • Chesney and Wolfe, 8 August 1922 – 18 December 2011) were British TV comedy scriptwriters
  • Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born British poet
  • Bertram Wolfe, American scholar and former communist best
  • Gregory Baker Wolfe, United States diplomat during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and later President of two urban institutions of higher education, Portland State University in Portland
  • Michael Wolfe, American poet, author
  • Jacques Wolfe, Romanian-born American songwriter
  • Jane Wolfe, American silent film character actress and Thelemite
  • Alan Wolfe, political scientist and a sociologist on the faculty of Boston College
  • Anne Wolfe, American politician
  • Art Wolfe, American photographer and conservationist, best
  • Glynn Wolfe, Baptist minister who resided in Blythe, California
  • Jasper Wolfe, Irish independent politician
  • Bernard Wolfe, American writer
  • Billy Wolfe, professional wrestling promoter
  • Marianne Wolfe, preeminent parliamentarian
  • Arthur M. Wolfe, American astrophysicist
  • Robert F. Wolfe, arrived in Columbus, Ohio
  • Steven J. Wolfe, producing partner and owner of Sneak Preview Entertainment
  • Cary Wolfe, currently teaches English at Rice University
  • Harry Kirke Wolfe, prominent early American psychologist
  • Simeon K. Wolfe, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Jack A. Wolfe, United States Geological Survey paleobotanist and paleoclimatologist best
  • Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer
  • Thomas Wolfe, American novelist of the early twentieth century
  • James Wolfe, British Army officer
  • Tom Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr
  • William Wolfe, Scottish accountant
  • Julia Wolfe, American composer whose music
  • Charles Wolfe, Irish poet
  • Ann Wolfe, American former boxer
  • Paul Wolfe, American NASCAR crew chief and former driver
  • Allison Wolfe, Washington, DC-based singer, songwriter
  • George C. Wolfe, American playwright and director of theater and film
  • Roland De Wolfe, English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine 'Inside Edge'
  • Robert Hewitt Wolfe, American television producer and screenwriter
  • Lanny Wolfe, American Christian music songwriter, musician
  • David W. Wolfe, American Republican Party politician,
  • Rose Wolfe, Canadian social worker
  • Nyle Wolfe, Irish operatic baritone
  • Jarmila Wolfe, Slovak-Australian former tennis player
  • Elsie de Wolfe, , the press often referred to her as Lady Mendl
  • Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, American philanthropist and art collector
  • John Bascom Wolfe, American social and behavioural psychologist best
  • Anthony Wolfe, Wolfe started his career at North East Stars with whom he clinched the league title
  • Gerald Wolfe, pianist for the Cathedral Quartet
  • Garrett Wolfe, former American football running back
  • Robert Wolfe, World War II U.S. Army officer, historian
  • Billy De Wolfe, American character actor

Wolfe Namesakes

  • Willie Wolfe, was one of the founding members of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • Reginald Wolfe, Dutch-born English Protestant printer and one of the original members of the Royal Stationers' Company
  • Chesney and Wolfe, 8 August 1922 – 18 December 2011) were British TV comedy scriptwriters
  • Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born British poet
  • Bertram Wolfe, American scholar and former communist best
  • Gregory Baker Wolfe, United States diplomat during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and later President of two urban institutions of higher education, Portland State University in Portland
  • Michael Wolfe, American poet, author
  • Jacques Wolfe, Romanian-born American songwriter
  • Jane Wolfe, American silent film character actress and Thelemite
  • Alan Wolfe, political scientist and a sociologist on the faculty of Boston College
  • Anne Wolfe, American politician
  • Art Wolfe, American photographer and conservationist, best
  • Glynn Wolfe, Baptist minister who resided in Blythe, California
  • Jasper Wolfe, Irish independent politician
  • Bernard Wolfe, American writer
  • Billy Wolfe, professional wrestling promoter
  • Marianne Wolfe, preeminent parliamentarian
  • Arthur M. Wolfe, American astrophysicist
  • Robert F. Wolfe, arrived in Columbus, Ohio
  • Steven J. Wolfe, producing partner and owner of Sneak Preview Entertainment
  • Cary Wolfe, currently teaches English at Rice University
  • Harry Kirke Wolfe, prominent early American psychologist
  • Simeon K. Wolfe, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Jack A. Wolfe, United States Geological Survey paleobotanist and paleoclimatologist best
  • Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer
  • Thomas Wolfe, American novelist of the early twentieth century
  • James Wolfe, British Army officer
  • Tom Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr
  • William Wolfe, Scottish accountant
  • Julia Wolfe, American composer whose music
  • Charles Wolfe, Irish poet
  • Ann Wolfe, American former boxer
  • Paul Wolfe, American NASCAR crew chief and former driver
  • Allison Wolfe, Washington, DC-based singer, songwriter
  • George C. Wolfe, American playwright and director of theater and film
  • Roland De Wolfe, English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine 'Inside Edge'
  • Robert Hewitt Wolfe, American television producer and screenwriter
  • Lanny Wolfe, American Christian music songwriter, musician
  • David W. Wolfe, American Republican Party politician,
  • Rose Wolfe, Canadian social worker
  • Nyle Wolfe, Irish operatic baritone
  • Jarmila Wolfe, Slovak-Australian former tennis player
  • Elsie de Wolfe, , the press often referred to her as Lady Mendl
  • Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, American philanthropist and art collector
  • John Bascom Wolfe, American social and behavioural psychologist best
  • Anthony Wolfe, Wolfe started his career at North East Stars with whom he clinched the league title
  • Gerald Wolfe, pianist for the Cathedral Quartet
  • Garrett Wolfe, former American football running back
  • Robert Wolfe, World War II U.S. Army officer, historian
  • Billy De Wolfe, American character actor

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