Viethen Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Viethen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 463 | 1:173,878 | 20,440 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Viethen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Viethen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Viethen is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Viethen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 624,505th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Viethen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 463 people, or 1 in 173,878. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside, Bavaria, where 4 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Viethen
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