Wegenka Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wegenka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegenka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:2,083,097132,570
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Wegenka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wegenka is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wegenka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegenka? popularity and diffusion

Wegenka is the 1,244,200th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name Wegenka is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Wegenka live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 2,083,097. In The United States Wegenka is primarily found in: Missouri, where 30 percent reside, Tennessee, where 14 percent reside and Michigan, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Wegenka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wegenka surname are 12.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.38% being registered with the party.

Wegenka earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.91% more than the national average, earning $46,992 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wegienka93162/
Weigienka881/
Wegenke86244/
Wygenka8618/
Wegenko8611/
Weginka861/
Wigienka8027/
Wegienko8011/
Bejenka71207/
Vesenka718/
Wagenko718/
Begenko711/
Vejenka711/
Wigenke710/
Bejjenka673/
Weyjinka670/

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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 Wegenka
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