Wolfson is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wolfson
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Wolfson is variant of Wolston. 1. Wolstan, a parish in Warwickshire. 2. An Anglo-Saxon personal name, Ulstan, Ulstanus. Domesday.

The son of Wolf that means "wolf," or a pet form of one of the many names beginning with Wolf.

Wolfson is form of the Woolston. 1. The Anglo-Saxon personal name Wulfstan, or Ulfstan. 2. Parishes in counties Gloucester, Lancaster, Bucks, Chester, Berks, etc.

How popular is Wolfson?

Wolfson is common in United States, Israel, Canada, England.

Wolfson is ranked 57988 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wolfsons plummeted by 3.43 per cent to 3740 since 2000 and slipped by 843 spots and ranked at 8768. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.44 96.44
Hispanic or Latino 2.83 1.24
Others 1.12 1.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.1 0.83
Wolfson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 8731 person has been found who wears Wolfson as their family name. Wolfson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wolfson:
6,598 United States6,551
1,201 Israel1,118
Countries with hundreds of Wolfson:
12,291 Canada318
16,566 England301
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,124 South Africa99
36,415 Australia57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
60,205 Argentina45
8,115 Scotland41
10,337 Uruguay32
23,714 Denmark17
40,624 Switzerland14
70,951 Netherlands14
126,214 Poland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
394,810 Russia10
375,391 Brazil9
33,029 New Zealand9
266,530 Germany9
45,470 Mexico9
35,997 Chile6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Janette Wolfson from Germany aboard the City Of New York from Liverpool on July 31, 1868. She is registered to be 24 years old when she arrived in United States. 24 years old Lotmann Wolfson, Johanne Wolfson (24), Feige Wolfson, 30 years old Gittel Wolfson, Mareus Wolfson, aged 9, Sarah Wolfson, aged 6, B. Wolfson (16) Farmer, 19 years old B. Wolfson, and 6 other Wolfson around 70% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Hamburg, Hamburg & Havre and Amsterdam.

Wolfson Namesakes

  • Harry Austryn Wolfson, scholar, philosopher
  • Isaac Wolfson, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
  • Mark Wolfson,
  • Elliot R. Wolfson, Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair
  • Louis Wolfson, Wall Street financier and one of the first modern corporate raiders
  • Evan Wolfson, attorney and gay rights advocate
  • Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, British businessman, the former chairman of GUS
  • Tracy Wolfson, American sportscaster for CBS Sports
  • Freda L. Wolfson, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Wolfson Namesakes

  • Harry Austryn Wolfson, scholar, philosopher
  • Isaac Wolfson, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
  • Mark Wolfson,
  • Elliot R. Wolfson, Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair
  • Louis Wolfson, Wall Street financier and one of the first modern corporate raiders
  • Evan Wolfson, attorney and gay rights advocate
  • Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, British businessman, the former chairman of GUS
  • Tracy Wolfson, American sportscaster for CBS Sports
  • Freda L. Wolfson, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

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