Wegner Surname
Approximately 55,850 people bear this surname
Wegner Surname Definition:
(German) One who made wagons, a cartwright; dweller near a path.
Wegner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 34,817 | 1:2,312 | 210 |
| United States | 11,603 | 1:31,238 | 3,887 |
| Poland | 3,333 | 1:11,404 | 1,634 |
| Brazil | 2,508 | 1:85,357 | 3,210 |
| Australia | 788 | 1:34,259 | 4,515 |
| Canada | 741 | 1:49,724 | 6,037 |
| Argentina | 312 | 1:136,998 | 11,599 |
| South Africa | 244 | 1:222,040 | 23,223 |
| France | 193 | 1:344,159 | 51,782 |
| Sweden | 154 | 1:63,940 | 4,874 |
| Netherlands | 136 | 1:124,170 | 19,427 |
| England | 131 | 1:425,329 | 28,711 |
| Switzerland | 130 | 1:63,176 | 7,791 |
| Denmark | 105 | 1:53,759 | 5,507 |
| Chile | 100 | 1:176,165 | 5,766 |
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| Thailand | 64 | 1:1,103,724 | 164,273 |
| Norway | 56 | 1:91,827 | 12,640 |
| Belgium | 48 | 1:239,513 | 29,891 |
| Luxembourg | 46 | 1:12,620 | 2,379 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Italy | 27 | 1:2,265,063 | 92,103 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 714 | 1:70,334 | 7,592 |
The alternate forms: Wégner (42) are calculated separately.
Wegner (215) may also be a first name.
Wegner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who made wagons, a cartwright; dweller near a path.
Wegner Demographics
Average Male Wegner Height
178.34 cm
Average Female Wegner Height
166.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wegner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wegner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wegner (Arabic: وجنر) is found most in Germany. It may also appear as: Wégner. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wegner? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,071st most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 130,484 people. The surname Wegner occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Wegner live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wegner is also the 616,131st most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 215 people.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 34,817 people, or 1 in 2,312. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Poland, where 6 percent live.
Wegner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wegner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wegner last name rose 1,625 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 873 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wegner Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wegner are 22.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Wegner earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 41.1% more than the national average, earning 488,327 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 17.78% more than the national average, earning R 279,888 per year; in United States they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $46,094 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.17% less than the national average, earning $49,600 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wegner Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wegner in the Arabic language | ||
| وجنر | wjnr | - |
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Wegner Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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