Wegent Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Poland

Wegent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wegent Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wegent occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegent? popularity and diffusion

Wegent is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Wegent live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Wegent is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Wegent is mostly found in: Alabama, where 70 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 25 percent reside and Germany, where 13 percent reside.

Wegent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wegent has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wegent last name grew 143 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wegent Last Name Statistics demography

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

Wegent earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.38% more than the national average, earning $55,393 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wegendt9263/
Weigent9216/
Wiegent921/
Weagent921/
Wigent83471/
Begent83249/
Wegend8324/
Vegent838/
Wesent831/
Wygent831/
Wegint830/
Weigend77509/
Wiesent77126/
Weisent7784/
Weygint7775/
Beagent7728/
Wiegend778/
Veigent775/
Wigents771/
Weygndt771/
Beegent770/
Wignt731/
Wygnt730/
Wiesendt7123/
Waingent711/
Vecent67209/
Bezent67100/
Vigent6754/
Begint6723/
Wegind677/
Vesent677/
Wizent677/
Wigend673/
Wiegnd673/
Bigent672/
Wagend671/
Vagent671/
Vegend671/
Wesend670/
Wiesnt670/

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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 Wegent
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