Last name: WOLFE
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WOLFE : This last name is indexed 153,533 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WOLFE : 1: English German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wolf and in North America (also) an altered form of this. This is also a common spelling in Ireland (see also Woulfe) particularly in counties Cork and Limerick while in Germany this surname is very rare.2: Americanized form of various other surnames meaning ‘wolf’ e.g. Hungarian Farkas Czech and Slovak Vlk Slovenian and other Slavic Volk Vovk and Vuk (see Wolf).
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