Verweyen Surname

538,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Verweyen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Verweyen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5181:155,41618,578
Belgium471:244,60930,321
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France41:16,605,680368,153
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Verweyen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Verweyen is most common in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Verweyen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 538,780th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,206,945 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Verweyen reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 518 people, or 1 in 155,416. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent live, Bavaria, where 3 percent live and Hamburg, where 2 percent live. Apart from Germany Verweyen occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Verwayen88145/
Verveyen881/
Ferweyene821/
Verveen80346/
Verveyn80306/
Verwein801/
Verwijen751/
Verveynne7115/
Werwein67230/
Berwein67193/
Vervayn6770/
Vervein677/
Vervejn672/
Berwien671/
Veruean671/
Werwean671/
Vervaen670/

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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
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  • 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 Verweyen
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