Wehrmeyer Surname

509,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 642 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wehrmeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wehrmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3051:263,95228,196
United States2781:1,303,80991,323
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
England81:6,964,757184,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wehrmeyer Last Name Facts

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

Wehrmeyer is found most frequently in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wehrmeyer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 509,669th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,351,318 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Wehrmeyer are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wehrmeyer is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 263,952. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 38 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Wehrmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wehrmeyer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 3,971 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wehrmeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wehrmeyer surname are 30.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.19% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wehrmeyer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 608.07% more than the national average, earning R 1,682,650 per year and in United States they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $46,383 USD per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wehrmeyer
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