Wedemeier Surname

422,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Wedemeier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedemeier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4601:787,95460,928
Germany3291:244,69726,709
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Wedemeier Last Name Facts

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

Wedemeier is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wedemeier.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedemeier? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 422,941st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,898,102 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Wedemeier reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wedemeier is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 460 people, or 1 in 787,954. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Missouri, where 35 percent live, Iowa, where 30 percent live and Texas, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 40 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Wedemeier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wedemeier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wedemeier surname grew 1,314 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wedemeier Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wedemeier are 41.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 88.41% registered with the party.

Wedemeier earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.73% less than the national average, earning $40,247 USD 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 Wedemeier
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