Show ContentsDewolf History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Dewolf Ranking

In Netherlands, the name Dewolf is the 525th most popular surname with an estimated 3,331 people with that name. 1


United States Dewolf migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dewolf Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Balthasar DeWolf, who arrived in Hartford, Connecticut in 1656 2
Dewolf Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Godvried DeWolf, who landed in New York in 1709 2
Dewolf Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • N B DeWolf, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Dewolf (post 1700) +

  • Henry DeWolf (1898-1986), American physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat
  • Jamie DeWolf (b. 1977), American slam poet and spoken word comedian
  • Henri De Wolf (1936-2023), Belgian cyclist who competed from 1959 to 1969
  • James Ratchford DeWolf (1787-1855), Canadian merchant and politician who represented Liverpool township from 1820 to 1830 and Queens County from 1830 to 1836 and from 1840 to 1843 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
  • Loran DeWolf (1754-1818), Canadian political figure in Nova Scotia
  • Benjamin DeWolf (1744-1819), Canadian businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia
  • Vice Admiral Henry George "Harry" DeWolf (1903-2000), Canadian naval officer
  • Elisha DeWolf (1756-1837), Canadian judge and political figure
  • William DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935), American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer, best remembered for his recurring role of private detective Paul Drake in the CBS television series Perry Mason
  • Israel DeWolf Andrews (1813-1871), American politician, U.S. Consul in SAINT John, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Canada, 1849-54; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1855-57 3


  1. "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, August 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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