Wangensteen Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wangensteen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangensteen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1691:30,4284,204
United States911:3,983,065216,270
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Wangensteen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wangensteen is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangensteen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 940,398th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. Wangensteen occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Wangensteen reside; 63 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Wangensteen is most frequent in Norway, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 30,428. In Norway Wangensteen is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 69 percent are found, Western Norway, where 11 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 10 percent are found. Besides Norway it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

Wangensteen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wangensteen last name are 14.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.54% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wangensteen earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 1.28% more than the national average, earning 350,512 kr per year and in United States they earn 22.69% more than the national average, earning $52,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wangesnsteen961/
Wangensten9539/
Wagensteen953/
Wangenstein91101/
Wangenstin863/
Vangensten862/
Wangenstine820/
Wangensten Øye803/
Wanjnsztejn731/

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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 Wangensteen
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