Wangelin Surname

536,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 600 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Wangelin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangelin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3471:1,044,55076,531
Germany2471:325,93332,466
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Wangelin Last Name Facts

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

Wangelin is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangelin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 536,820th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,145,910 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Wangelin live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 347 people, or 1 in 1,044,550. In The United States Wangelin is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 17 percent are found, New York, where 17 percent are found and Michigan, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The United States it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 41 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Wangelin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wangelin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wangelin surname rose 428 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wangelin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wangelin last name are 0.66999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.56% registered to vote for the political party.

Wangelin earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.43% more than the national average, earning $51,534 USD 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
  • 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 Wangelin
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