Wegenaar Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wegenaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegenaar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Wegenaar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wegenaar is most common in The Netherlands. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegenaar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. Wegenaar occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Wegenaar reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 296,266. In The Netherlands Wegenaar is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 44 percent are found, North Holland, where 21 percent are found and Drenthe, where 16 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Wegenaar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wegenaar surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wegenaar earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.99% more than the national average, earning $43,577 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weegenaar94121/
Waegenaar9430/
Wegeenaar941/
Wegenar930/
Wagenaar8810,189/
Wezenaar88142/
Wesenaar88140/
Wigenaar881/
Begenaar881/
Waagenaar82149/
Wiesenaar8254/
Weesenaar8223/
Weezenaar8213/
Waggenaar8211/
Wegenhart8211/
Wagenhaar821/
Wagenar8049/
Begenar802/
Waganaar7514/
Wisenaar752/
Waginaar751/
Vagenaar751/
Wagenarr751/
Veesenaar712/
Wegenhort711/
Waaginaar710/
Bejenar67775/
Wijenar67158/
Bezenar6757/
Wagenor6713/
Veganar676/
Beženar672/
Weisenhart672/
Wedgenorth671/
Wezenor671/
Wagonar671/
Wesenor670/

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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 Wegenaar
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