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 more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wefing.

How Common Is The Last Name Wefing? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,181,191st most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Wefing live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wefing is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 522,763. In Germany Wefing is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live and Bremen, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Wefing is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Wefing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wefing has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wefing surname expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wefing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wefing are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.23% registered to vote for 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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