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 in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Waijer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waijer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,364,059th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Waijer is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Waijer live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 132,970. In The Netherlands Waijer is most prevalent in: Groningen, where 56 percent reside, Friesland, where 18 percent reside and Gelderland, where 13 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands Waijer is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Waijer
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