Wolters
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 16 types / 20,222 tokens
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwoʊɫtɝz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wolters is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 1.7K(measured from records)
- BEBelgium1 in 31K
- USUnited States1 in 88K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 159 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)
9,991 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
16 types / 20,222 tokens. Genitive patronymic on -ers from a Germanic given name in -ert; plate demonstrates -ers patronymics from -ert.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wolters counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | — | 9,991 | 1 in 1.7K | 10K | Wolters | 59 |
| US United States | — | 3,773 | 1 in 88K | 3.8K | Wolters | 159 |
| BE Belgium | — | 381 | 1 in 31K | 392 | Wolters | 17 |
| SE Sweden | — | 83 | 1 in 123K | 83 | Wolters | 14 |
| BR Brazil | — | 72 | 1 in 2.9M | 72 | — | — |
| FI Finland | — | 49 | 1 in 114K | 49 | — | — |
| DE Germany | #747 | — | — | listed | Wolters | 146 |
9,991 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the dfa-band-1 register; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wolters is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymischer Familienname mit starkem Genitiv -s zu einem Rufnamen auf -er; bedeutet ‚Sohn/Abkömmling des Wolter‘. Morphologisch: genitivisches Patronym auf -ers.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronymischer Genitiv zu Walter; zeigt die o-Variante im Vergleich zu Walters. 3708 Bearer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Genitiv-Patronym aus Rufname Wolter/Walter; norddeutsche Variante mit -s.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Genitiv-/Patronymname zu Walter; Typ mit -s. Belegt: Wolters 3708.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronym mit starkem Genitiv -s/-ers; typisches -ers-Muster.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paul Woltersb. 1858DEGerman classical archaeologist (1858–1936)
- Rudolf Woltersb. 1903DEGerman architect (1903-1983)
- August Woltersb. 1903DEGerman politician (1903-1990)
- O. W. Woltersb. 1915GBBritish historian (1915-2000)
- Hans Edmund Woltersb. 1915DEGerman ornithologist (1915–1991)
- Albert M. Woltersb. 1942NLDutch theologian
- Tod D. Woltersb. 1960USAmerican Air Force general
- Kara Woltersb. 1975USAmerican basketball player (born 1975)
- Lara Woltersb. 1986NLDutch politician
- Nate Woltersb. 1991USAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 10K | #52 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.8K | #8,700 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.5K | #8,640 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.4K | #9,138 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 392 | #4,092 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 381 | #4,143 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 83 | #8,322 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 72 | #80,790 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 49 | #23,340 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Wolters come from?
- 16 types / 20,222 tokens. Genitive patronymic on -ers from a Germanic given name in -ert; plate demonstrates -ers patronymics from -ert. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
- How do you pronounce Wolters?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwoʊɫtɝz/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wolters mean?
- Recorded meaning: 16 types / 20,222 tokens.
- In which country does Wolters have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 10.0 thousand people named Wolters, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wolters.
- Where is Wolters most common?
- Wolters is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Wolters?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 9,991 people named Wolters in 2007, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Wolters compared with other names?
- In Germany, Wolters is the 747th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Wolters?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/woltersThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wolters” — the 747th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.