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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wolfgang
Name Distribution of Wolfgang Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wolfgang families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wolfgang Family Origin
Wolfgang Emigration Information (US)
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Wolfgang Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Wolfgang
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