Show ContentsWulf History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Wulf Ranking

the United States, the name Wulf is the 8,864th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


Wulf migration to the United States +



Wulf Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Henry Wulf, aged 26, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1849 2
  • Hermann Wulf, aged 14, who landed in New York, NY in 1893 2
  • Theodor Wulf, aged 8, who arrived in New York, NY in 1893 2
  • Mr. Diedrich Wulf, aged 60, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "Weimar" 3
  • Mrs. Anna Wulf, aged 47, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "Weimar" 4
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Wulf Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Christian Wulf, who landed in Wisconsin in 1930 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Wulf (post 1700) +

  • Melvin L. Wulf (1927-2023), American constitutional lawyer and legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1962 to 1977
  • William Allan Wulf (1939-2023), American pioneering computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers, President of the National Academy of Engineering from 1996 to 2007
  • John Wulf, American politician, Cigar maker; Delegate to Socialist National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920 5
  • Mrs. Chris Wulf, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1972 6
  • Georg Wulf, German co-founder of Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG in 1923 which built civil and military aircraft before and during World War II
  • Theodor Wulf (1868-1946), German physicist and Jesuit priest who pioneered research into excess atmospheric radiation
  • Jimmy De Wulf (b. 1980), Belgian professional football player
  • Daniel Wulf (b. 1980), Australian rules footballer
  • Joseph Wulf (1912-1974), German-Polish-Jewish historian, author and Holocaust survivor, recipient of the Leo Baeck Prize (1961), the Carl von Ossietzky Medal (1964)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  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. Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2138
  4. Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2139
  5. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


Houseofnames.com on Facebook