Wehrs Surname
Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname
Wehrs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 544 | 1:147,988 | 17,782 |
| United States | 389 | 1:931,771 | 69,805 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 60 | 1:836,978 | 51,589 |
Wehrs Demographics
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Wehrs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehrs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wehrs is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehrs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wehrs is the 361,698th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,287,546 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Wehrs are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 544 people, or 1 in 147,988. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 75 percent live, Bremen, where 8 percent live and Hamburg, where 6 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.
Wehrs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wehrs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wehrs last name expanded 648 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wehrs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wehrs are 22.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.61% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wehrs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 761.46% more than the national average, earning R 2,047,160 per year and in United States they earn 7.24% more than the national average, earning $46,272 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wehrse | 91 | 80 | / |
| Wiehrs | 91 | 22 | / |
| Wehers | 91 | 3 | / |
| Weihrs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Wers | 89 | 323 | / |
| Weathrs | 83 | 2 | / |
| Weers | 80 | 2,318 | / |
| Wears | 80 | 1,349 | / |
| Wiers | 80 | 1,215 | / |
| Vehrs | 80 | 628 | / |
| Behrs | 80 | 183 | / |
| Waers | 80 | 169 | / |
| Weirs | 80 | 168 | / |
| Werse | 80 | 124 | / |
| Wihrs | 80 | 35 | / |
| Wersh | 80 | 11 | / |
| Whers | 80 | 4 | / |
| Woers | 80 | 3 | / |
| Werss | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weurs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Werås | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weyrs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wahrs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weaehers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wersch | 73 | 355 | / |
| Behers | 73 | 90 | / |
| Beahrs | 73 | 87 | / |
| Wieërs | 73 | 45 | / |
| Whiers | 73 | 37 | / |
| Wehrße | 73 | 28 | / |
| Wuerst | 73 | 13 | / |
| Whaers | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wierrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hweers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weysrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vweirs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weirse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wershe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wiersh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vwiers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wettrs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whirst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wearse | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wuersh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Withrs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wearsh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weerss | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vers | 67 | 4,660 | / |
| Wars | 67 | 913 | / |
| Bers | 67 | 866 | / |
| Wiersch | 67 | 564 | / |
| Wearsch | 67 | 188 | / |
| Wuersch | 67 | 141 | / |
| Wors | 67 | 113 | / |
| Wirs | 67 | 51 | / |
| Weirsøe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Weersch | 67 | 21 | / |
| Waersch | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wersche | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uers | 67 | 6 | / |
| Weirsch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Werx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wohiers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyrs | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wehrs
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