Wedum Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Wedum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1041:3,485,182196,218
Norway651:79,11211,031
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Wedum Last Name Facts

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

Wedum is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,239,697th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Wedum live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wedum is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 3,485,182. In The United States it is most common in: Colorado, where 26 percent are found, Montana, where 19 percent are found and Minnesota, where 15 percent are found. Other than The United States Wedum exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.

Wedum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wedum surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.71% registered with the party.

The amount Wedum earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 3.98% more than the national average, earning 359,869 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.84% less than the national average, earning $41,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weidum91148/
Weddum9147/
Wedume9123/
Wedoum912/
Weadum910/
Wehdoum831/
Wedeume831/
Bedum80207/
Wadum80155/
Vedum80141/
Wedom8037/
Uedum807/
Wedun801/
Widum800/
Bedoum73938/
Wiedom7339/
Veddum7319/
Veduim7310/
Uedume735/
Beduhm734/
Weidun732/
Bedhum732/
Vedaum731/
Waidum731/
Wedhom731/
Weddun731/
Beydum731/
Waddum730/
Waadumm67702/
Beadoum67387/
Weijdom6715/
Behdoum672/
Beidoum671/
Betdoum671/
Beydoum671/
Beydeum671/
Behedum671/

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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 Wedum
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis