Waijer Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Waijer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 127 | 1:132,970 | 20,548 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waijer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waijer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waijer occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waijer? popularity and diffusion
Waijer is the 1,364,059th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Waijer is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Waijer reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 132,970. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Groningen, where 56 percent reside, Friesland, where 18 percent reside and Gelderland, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands Waijer is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, 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
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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
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