Wolf (name)

Wolf is a surname that is used as a name, given name, and a name among Germanic-speaking peoples: see Wulf.
Names which translate to English "wolf" are also common among many other nations, including many Native American peoples within the current or former extent of the habitat of the grey wolf (essentially all of North America).
Geographical distribution.
As of 2014, 53.2% of all known bearers of the surname "Wolf" were residents of Germany (frequency 1:413), 27.4% of the United States (1:3,608), 3.9% of Austria (1:596), 2.5% of Brazil (1:21,995), 1.4% of Switzerland (1:1,622), 1.2% of the Netherlands (1:3,735) and 1.0% of France (1:17,534).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:413) in the following states: