Ulfsson is a Scandinavian patronym and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (Norwegian, lived circa 10th century), the first European to sight North America
- Jakob Ulfsson (died 1521), Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1469–1515 and founder of Uppsala University
- Karl Ulfsson, Lord of Tofta (ca. 1317 – 1407-11), Swedish magnate and High Constable of Sweden
- Ragnvald Ulfsson (beginning 11th century) was a jarl of Västergötland or Östergötland
- Sveinn Ulfsson (1019–1074), King of Denmark from 1047 until his death in 1074
See also
Family names derived from the word " wolf" |
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Germanic |
- Rudolph, Ralph, Ludolf, Adolf
- North Germanic: Lyall, Ulfsson
- West Germanic: De Wolf, De Wolfe, Love, Volf, Wolf, Wolfe, Wolff, Wölfli, Wölfflin, Wolfs, Woolf, Woolfe, Wulf, Wulff, Wulfson, Wolfowitz, Wolfsohn, Wolfson, Wolfram, Wolfermann
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Romance |
- Latin: Lupus
- French: Leleu, Leloup, Loup, Louvel, Lowell
- Iberian: Llop, Llopis, Lobato, Lobo, Lopes, López
- Italian: Lovato, Lupo
- Romanian: Lupescu, Lupu, Lupul, Lupulescu
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Slavic |
- East Slavic: Biryuk, Biryukov, Volchek, Volchenkov, Volchkov, Volchok, Volk, Volkov (Volkoff, Wolkoff), Volkovich, Vovchenko, Vovchok, Vovchynskyi, Vovk
- South Slavic: Vuk, Vučević, Vučić, Vučko, Vučetić/Vuchetich, Vučković, Vujić, Vukašinović, Vukasović, Vukčević, Vukić, Vukičević, Vukićević, Vuković/Vukovich, Vuksanović
- West Slavic: Vlček, Vlk, Wilczek, Wilczyński, Wilk, Wolkowicz
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