Wallendorf Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wallendorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wallendorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2951:272,90028,854
United States1811:2,002,536128,575
South Africa1091:497,04340,551
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
France51:13,284,544357,392
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Wallendorf Last Name Facts

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

Wallendorf occurs most in Germany. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wallendorf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 523,160th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. The surname Wallendorf is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Wallendorf live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Wallendorf is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 272,900. In Germany Wallendorf is primarily found in: Thuringia, where 41 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and South Africa, where 18 percent reside.

Wallendorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wallendorf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wallendorf surname expanded 905 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wallendorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wallendorf surname are 34.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wallendorf earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.66% more than the national average, earning R 365,148 per year and in United States they earn 16.46% less than the national average, earning $36,048 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Wallendorf
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis