Wedemeyer Surname
Approximately 4,962 people bear this surname
Wedemeyer Surname Definition:
“Tenant Farmer of Church” in Old German.
Wedemeyer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,975 | 1:27,061 | 3,578 |
| United States | 1,759 | 1:206,060 | 20,213 |
| Australia | 76 | 1:355,207 | 29,862 |
| Panama | 26 | 1:150,471 | 4,892 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 130 | 1:386,298 | 28,876 |
Wedemeyer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Tenant Farmer of Church” in Old German.
Wedemeyer Demographics
Average Wedemeyer Salary in
United States
$50,538 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wedemeyer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedemeyer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedemeyer occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedemeyer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 95,882nd most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,468,671 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Wedemeyer reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Wedemeyer is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 2,975 people, or 1 in 27,061. In Germany Wedemeyer is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 53 percent live, Bremen, where 7 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Wedemeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wedemeyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wedemeyer last name expanded 1,353 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wedemeyer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wedemeyer last name are 14.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.1% registered with the party.
The amount Wedemeyer earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 21.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,185 per year; in South Africa they earn 13.61% more than the national average, earning R 269,988 per year; in United States they earn 17.12% more than the national average, earning $50,538 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.01% less than the national average, earning $36,758 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiedemeyer | 95 | 558 | / |
| Weidemeyer | 95 | 201 | / |
| Weydemeyer | 95 | 39 | / |
| Wehdemeyer | 95 | 25 | / |
| Weedemeyer | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wedemyer | 94 | 52 | / |
| Wedemeier | 89 | 819 | / |
| Wedemayer | 89 | 63 | / |
| Widemeyer | 89 | 16 | / |
| Wydemeyer | 89 | 1 | / |
| Weidemyer | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wedimeyer | 89 | 0 | / |
| Bedemeyer | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wademeyer | 89 | 0 | / |
| Weydemyer | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wiedemeyr | 89 | 0 | / |
| Vedemeyer | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wiedemeier | 84 | 1,325 | / |
| Weidemeier | 84 | 251 | / |
| Weidemoyer | 84 | 124 | / |
| Wiedemayer | 84 | 36 | / |
| Wehdemeier | 84 | 13 | / |
| Beddemeyer | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wiedomeyer | 84 | 0 | / |
| Widdemeyer | 84 | 0 | / |
| Weidemayer | 84 | 0 | / |
| Wedemier | 82 | 28 | / |
| Wedemeir | 82 | 4 | / |
| Wydemyer | 82 | 2 | / |
| Widemyer | 82 | 0 | / |
| Wiedemayr | 78 | 22 | / |
| Widemeier | 78 | 13 | / |
| Vedemayer | 78 | 3 | / |
| Wiedemeir | 78 | 2 | / |
| Weddemier | 78 | 2 | / |
| Widimeyer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Widemayer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Weidemaier | 74 | 83 | / |
| Wiedemaier | 74 | 67 | / |
| Weidamoyer | 74 | 34 | / |
| Weidimeier | 74 | 2 | / |
| Widemayr | 71 | 6 | / |
| Vydemeer | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wademear | 71 | 0 | / |
| Widemier | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wiedemair | 67 | 49 | / |
| Widemajer | 67 | 30 | / |
| Widemaier | 67 | 3 | / |
| Widymejer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vodemayer | 67 | 1 | / |
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Wedemeyer Reference & Research
Wiedemeier DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Wiedemeier FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Wedemeyer
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