Wegdam Surname

725,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wegdam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegdam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3871:43,6367,423
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Wegdam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wegdam is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegdam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 725,073rd most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. Wegdam occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Wegdam reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 387 people, or 1 in 43,636. In The Netherlands Wegdam is most prevalent in: Overijssel, where 57 percent are found, North Holland, where 12 percent are found and Gelderland, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Wegdam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wegdam are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Wegdam earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 107.13% more than the national average, earning $89,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wegdan83460/
Wekdam8317/
Begdam834/
Weigdan771/
Weygdant710/
Begdan67104/
Wigdan672/
Bigdan50118/
Begdon509/
Wigdon502/
Wakdom501/
Wikdan501/
Wacdom501/
Becdan501/

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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 Wegdam
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