Wallwitz Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wallwitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wallwitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1711:470,79241,127
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Liberia51:881,70733,815
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wallwitz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wallwitz is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wallwitz? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wallwitz is the 1,210,518th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Wallwitz are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 470,792. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 65 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 percent are found.

Wallwitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wallwitz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wallwitz surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walwitz931/
Wollwitz881/
Wallvitz881/
Walwicz801/
Walwitch751/
Walwich673/
Wolwicz673/
Wolvitz671/
Wolbitz671/
Bolwitz670/

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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 Wallwitz
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