Wefer Surname

318,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Aruba

Wefer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wefer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7511:107,19813,246
United States1831:1,980,650127,499
Venezuela1511:200,0275,444
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Aruba181:5,749789
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Wefer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wefer has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wefer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 318,721st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,207,450 people. The surname Wefer is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Wefer live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wefer is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 751 people, or 1 in 107,198. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 60 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Bremen, where 13 percent live. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Venezuela, where 13 percent live.

Wefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wefer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wefer last name grew 1,017 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wefer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wefer are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Wefer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 2.38% more than the national average, earning $23,242,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 8.1% more than the national average, earning $46,642 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weffer911,530/
Weafer91808/
Wepfer91624/
Wehfer9137/
Wuefer917/
Weefer914/
Wefere911/
Wiefer911/
Whefer911/
Weifer911/
Weferd911/
Wefeer911/
Woefer910/
Weifert8387/
Wieffer8382/
Wueffer8352/
Weaffer8322/
Waeffer839/
Weisfer835/
Weifher831/
Weafear831/
Wefferd831/
Wueferd831/
Woeffer831/
Wheufer830/
Wafer803,942/
Wefir809/
Uefer808/
Vefer805/
Befer805/
Wefre804/
Wofer802/
Wifer801/
Weiffert7722/
Wuefpher771/
Waffer73225/
Veffer73135/
Beffer7355/
Beifer7335/
Wayfer7331/
Waifer7323/
Wafeer7322/
Wetfir7314/
Woffer733/
Wytfer732/
Wifert732/
Wiffer732/
Beyfer732/
Weffre731/
Weifre731/
Uepfer731/
Wepher731/
Wipfer731/
Woefir731/
Beefer731/
Veifer730/
Weißferdt719/
Hueffer6726/
Vhefere676/
Veifert672/
Huefert672/
Wipfier672/
Wiffier671/
Hwaifer671/
Whiffer671/
Weapher671/
Wiffert671/
Beiffer671/
Wifferd670/
Whaffer670/
Whitfer670/

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Wefer Reference & Research

Weaver DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Weaver 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
  • 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 Wefer
  • 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