Wagenknecht Surname

97,287th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,880 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wagenknecht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wagenknecht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,4251:23,5053,114
United States8001:453,07438,768
Brazil1511:1,417,71147,804
Australia1471:183,64418,462
Czechia831:128,11420,499
Chile601:293,6088,514
Poland371:1,027,26372,414
Austria361:236,54028,356
France281:2,372,240182,981
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Norway141:367,30634,015
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
England81:6,964,757184,742
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

Wagenknecht Last Name Facts

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

Wagenknecht is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagenknecht? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wagenknecht is the 97,287th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,493,350 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Wagenknecht live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 3,425 people, or 1 in 23,505. In Germany Wagenknecht is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent are found, Hesse, where 11 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

Wagenknecht Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wagenknecht has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wagenknecht surname increased 941 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wagenknecht Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wagenknecht are 1.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.7% registered with the party.

The amount Wagenknecht earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.38% less than the national average, earning 244,391 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.37% more than the national average, earning $45,464 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.84% more than the national average, earning $71,463 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wagenknecht
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