Wedepohl Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Wedepohl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedepohl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Wedepohl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wedepohl is found most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedepohl? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wedepohl is the 1,009,375th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Wedepohl live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wedepohl is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 2,665,139. In The United States Wedepohl is most frequent in: Missouri, where 31 percent live, Arizona, where 20 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 32 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.

Wedepohl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wedepohl has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wedepohl last name expanded 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wedepohl Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wedepohl surname are 31.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.05% registered with the political party.

The amount Wedepohl earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.05% less than the national average, earning R 130,584 per year; in United States they earn 21.05% more than the national average, earning $52,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.67% more than the national average, earning $65,912 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weddepohl9499/
Wedephohl940/
Wiedepohl940/
Wadepohl8843/
Wedephol882/
Wedipohl880/
Huedepohl82233/
Widepol801/
Huedephol711/
Vedepatil5920/
Vedapal5322/
Vidopol531/
Vadepal531/

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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 Wedepohl
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