Wegewitz Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wegewitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegewitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1311:614,54548,972
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wegewitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wegewitz occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegewitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wegewitz is the 1,447,279th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Wegewitz live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Wegewitz is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 614,545. In Germany Wegewitz is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 43 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Brandenburg, where 15 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Wegewitz Last Name Statistics demography

Wegewitz earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 23.64% less than the national average, earning $37,936 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wezevitz753/
Wecewicz751/
Wesiewicz711/
Wiesiewicz671/

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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 Wegewitz
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