Wegewijs Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Wegewijs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 72 | 1:234,544 | 30,714 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Wegewijs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wegewijs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wegewijs is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wegewijs? popularity and diffusion
Wegewijs is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wegewijs live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wegewijs is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 234,544. In The Netherlands Wegewijs is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 58 percent reside, South Holland, where 19 percent reside and Flevoland, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 1 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
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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
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