Wegfahrt Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wegfahrt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegfahrt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany911:884,67563,174
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Wegfahrt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wegfahrt is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegfahrt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,589,322nd most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Wegfahrt live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 884,675. In Germany Wegfahrt is mostly found in: Hesse, where 67 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Wegfahrt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wegfahrt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wegfahrt last name grew 413 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wegfahrt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wegfahrt last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wegfahrt earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.27% more than the national average, earning $43,267 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wegfahart941/
Wegfart930/
Wegfarth887/
Wegfehrt885/
Wegforth7518/
Wegferth751/
Wegford6739/
Begfort672/
Weckfort6311/
Wigforth634/
Wohcfart631/
Bigfar57166/
Wigford535/
Bekhfar535/
Bigfard530/
Begford530/
Weakford5023/
Beckfort506/
Weckford501/
Bekfoort500/

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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 Wegfahrt
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