Ahlers Surname
Approximately 17,044 people bear this surname
Ahlers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11,321 | 1:7,111 | 887 |
| United States | 3,854 | 1:94,047 | 10,554 |
| Netherlands | 489 | 1:34,534 | 5,778 |
| South Africa | 401 | 1:135,106 | 15,678 |
| Uruguay | 200 | 1:17,159 | 1,944 |
| Denmark | 126 | 1:44,799 | 4,691 |
| New Zealand | 76 | 1:59,583 | 9,301 |
| Canada | 69 | 1:533,994 | 44,923 |
| France | 67 | 1:991,384 | 111,008 |
| Australia | 60 | 1:449,928 | 35,109 |
| Chile | 57 | 1:309,061 | 8,852 |
| Argentina | 43 | 1:994,033 | 62,207 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Nicaragua | 28 | 1:215,039 | 2,611 |
| Ecuador | 23 | 1:691,559 | 12,337 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 482 | 1:104,188 | 10,499 |
Ahlers (15) may also be a first name.
Ahlers Demographics
Average Ahlers Salary in
United States
$45,114 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ahlers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahlers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahlers is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahlers? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 31,332nd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 427,573 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Ahlers live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 15 people.
Ahlers is most common in Germany, where it is held by 11,321 people, or 1 in 7,111. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 43 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 7 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.
Ahlers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ahlers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 580 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ahlers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Ahlers are 22.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.08% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ahlers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.88% less than the national average, earning 273,828 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 85.8% more than the national average, earning R 441,528 per year; in United States they earn 4.55% more than the national average, earning $45,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.92% less than the national average, earning $48,727 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ahlers
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