Wegelt Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Wegelt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Wegelt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wegelt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wegelt occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wegelt? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Wegelt is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Wegelt reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany Wegelt is mostly concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 48 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 43 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Wegelt is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Wegelt
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