Wolfgang Family History
Wolfgang Name Meaning
German: from the Germanic personal name Wolfgang, composed
of wolf ‘wolf’ + ganc ‘going’. From the late 10th
century it became popular in Bavaria and the south as the name of a
saint, Bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wolfgang Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wolfgang families
 88 - 173  30 - 87 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wolfgang families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wolfgang last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wolfgang Family Origin
Wolfgang Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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