Thewissen Surname

320,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Thewissen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thewissen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium6031:19,0662,932
Netherlands4481:37,6956,354
Germany831:969,94567,438
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
United States81:45,307,367917,113
France51:13,284,544357,392
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Théwissen (3) are calculated separately.

Thewissen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thewissen Come From? nationality or country of origin

Thewissen has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can also be rendered as a variant: Théwissen. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thewissen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 320,495th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 6,250,039 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Thewissen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 603 people, or 1 in 19,066. In Belgium Thewissen is most common in: Flemish Region, where 62 percent live, Walloon Region, where 37 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 38 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Thewissen Last Name Statistics demography

Thewissen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.43% more than the national average, earning $65,771 USD 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
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  • 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 Thewissen
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