Wedlich Surname

546,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Wedlich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedlich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5151:156,32118,676
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Austria161:532,21549,801
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wedlich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wedlich occurs most in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedlich? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 546,286th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Wedlich live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 515 people, or 1 in 156,321. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 61 percent live, Bremen, where 8 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Czechia, where 4 percent live.

Wedlich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wedlich has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wedlich surname expanded 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wedlich Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wedlich are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Wedlich earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 53.19% more than the national average, earning $66,098 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
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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 Wedlich
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