Wefing Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wefing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wefing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1541:522,76344,015
United States451:8,054,643356,745
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Wefing Last Name Facts

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

Wefing is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wefing? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,181,191st most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Wefing are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 522,763. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside and Bremen, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Wefing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wefing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wefing last name rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wefing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wefing last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with the political party.

Wefing earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 72.69% more than the national average, earning $74,512 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wuefing922/
Weffing920/
Wefin912/
Wehefing862/
Wafing8338/
Wefeng839/
Wofing832/
Wefn802/
Ueffing77712/
Weifeng7763/
Waffing771/
Whifing770/
Wiffing770/
Befin739/
Vefin737/
Wifin734/
Wyfin732/
Wefim731/
Wefnn731/
Whiffing7190/
Waephing7155/
Ueffiong714/
Weaphing711/
Whitfing711/
Woephing710/
Wiffin67223/
Vafing6743/
Weifen6732/
Weufen6713/
Veffin677/
Waifin675/
Beffin673/
Wafeng673/
Weefen671/
Whifin671/
Vefeng671/
Wetfen670/

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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 Wefing
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