Wanscheid Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Wanscheid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Wanscheid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanscheid Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanscheid is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanscheid? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanscheid is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Wanscheid reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Wanscheid is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 29 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 21 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wanscheid
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