Wannewitz Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wannewitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wannewitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany951:847,42661,310
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wannewitz Last Name Facts

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

Wannewitz is most common in Germany. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wannewitz? popularity and diffusion

Wannewitz is the 1,894,523rd most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wannewitz reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 847,426. In Germany Wannewitz is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 23 percent reside, Hamburg, where 22 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 17 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bannewitz8932/
Waniewitz894/
Vannewitz890/
Wannewitch840/
Banewitz8211/
Wanewetz820/
Waniewicz7811/
Wanhewicz781/
Wanewitch781/
Weiniewitz741/
Bonewitz71540/
Wanowicz71183/
Wanewich7139/
Bönewitz7120/
Wenowitz717/
Vanewicz711/
Weinowitz6716/
Woniewicz673/

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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 Wannewitz
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