Wulff History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Netherlands

Wulff Ranking

In the United States, the name Wulff is the 11,277^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Wulff migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wulff Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Anne Wulff, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1797 2
Elisabeth Wulff, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1797 2
Henry Wulff, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1797 2
Jean Wulff, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1797 2

Wulff Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jacob Wulff, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1807 2
Franciska Maria Wulff, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 2
Fried Wulff, aged 29, who arrived in New York, NY in 1852 2
Heinr Wulff, aged 25, who landed in New York, NY in 1852 2
John Ludwig Christian Wulff, who landed in Mississippi in 1854 2

Wulff migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Wulff Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Nicolai F. Wulff, aged 26, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Halcione" in 1870 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Wulff (post 1700) +

C. Ariel Wulff (b. 1960), American writer and artist
James Francis Wulff (1936-2000), American football running back and safety
Paul Wulff (b. 1967), American football assistant coach with the NFL 's San Francisco 49ers
Joseph F. Wulff, American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Osage County Democratic Party, 1949 4
Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff (b. 1959), German politician and lawyer, President of Germany from 2010 to 2012
Erich Wulff (1910-1945), German Sturmbannführer (Major) in the Waffen-SS during World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Joakim Wulff (b. 1979), Swedish footballer
Thorild Wulff (1877-1917), Swedish botanist and polar explorer, eponym of Wulff Land, Greenland
Mikael Wulff (b. 1972), Danish comedian

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 12th December 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html