Wangen Surname
Approximately 2,420 people bear this surname
Wangen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 967 | 1:374,828 | 33,176 |
| Norway | 929 | 1:5,535 | 549 |
| Belgium | 161 | 1:71,408 | 11,406 |
| Germany | 126 | 1:638,932 | 50,304 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Luxembourg | 23 | 1:25,241 | 4,722 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 96 | 1:523,111 | 36,402 |
Wangen (14,393) may also be a first name.
Wangen Demographics
Average Male Wangen Height
175.78 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wangen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangen occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wangen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 176,792nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,011,383 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Wangen reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wangen is also the 47,717th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 14,393 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 967 people, or 1 in 374,828. In The United States it is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 46 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 14 percent reside and Washington, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 38 percent reside and Belgium, where 7 percent reside.
Wangen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wangen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wangen surname rose 1,007 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wangen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wangen surname are 16.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.45% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wangen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.97% less than the national average, earning 325,432 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning $45,922 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.32% less than the national average, earning $49,522 CAD 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 Wangen
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