Wehmuth Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Wehmuth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wehmuth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4101:522,13319,608
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wehmuth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wehmuth is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wehmuth? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wehmuth is the 699,651st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Wehmuth reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 522,133. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Santa Catarina, where 84 percent live, São Paulo, where 6 percent live and Paraná, where 6 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Wehmuth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wehmuth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wehmuth last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wemuth9229/
Wiemuth86129/
Weymuth86117/
Wahmuth867/
Vehmuth863/
Wehmuht861/
Wemouth861/
Weemuth860/
Wesmuth860/
Weimuth860/
Weymouth803,577/
Weimouth800/
Weymauth800/
Weymeuth800/
Weismuth800/
Wamuth771/
Wehemu771/
Wetmut771/
Wimuth771/
Bemuth771/
Wesmut770/
Weysmouth750/
Wemu73198/
Weimoth7130/
Wymouth713/
Vehmutd712/
Wimouth711/
Woimuth711/
Weymout710/
Beamuth710/
Witmuth710/
Wismuth710/
Waymouth67605/
Vwemu67341/
Wamut6795/
Bemut6754/
Wemou6729/
Behmu6722/
Weamu6711/
Weimu676/
Wemeu676/
Wimut675/
Whemu673/
Womut672/
Wemau671/
Wemot671/
Weemu671/
Wimuh671/
Beamouth670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wehmuth
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