Weddige Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Weddige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weddige Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2311:348,50833,871
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Weddige Last Name Facts

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

Weddige is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weddige? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 899,940th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Weddige reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 348,508. In Germany Weddige is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 45 percent are found, Hamburg, where 18 percent are found and Thuringia, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Weddige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Weddige has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Weddige surname increased 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Weddige Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Weddige surname are 44.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 90.91% registered with the political party.

The amount Weddige earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 7.14% more than the national average, earning $46,229 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.57% less than the national average, earning $32,507 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weddiger930/
Wedige92324/
Wedidge863/
Woddige861/
Weidiger802/
Wediiage801/
Wedage773,283/
Wedege77144/
Bedige7726/
Weduge771/
Widige771/
Weddehage7534/
Weediyage7516/
Widiger71233/
Bedigie7165/
Wedigui7131/
Weedage7127/
Widdice7115/
Weidigi711/
Wedieze711/
Wediesi711/
Wedgezi711/
Wededji711/
Weideger6717/
Wejdyger671/

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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 Weddige
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