Wehrstein Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Wehrstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wehrstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1311:614,54548,972
Austria351:243,29828,936
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Hungary71:1,402,32560,133
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wehrstein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wehrstein is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wehrstein.

How Common Is The Last Name Wehrstein? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wehrstein is the 1,067,497th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname Wehrstein is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Wehrstein live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 614,545. In Germany it is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 94 percent reside, Bavaria, where 5 percent reside and Hesse, where 1 percent reside. Besides Germany Wehrstein exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.

Wehrstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wehrstein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wehrstein surname expanded 1,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wehrstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wehrstein surname are 47.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 94.44% being registered with the party.

The amount Wehrstein earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.55% less than the national average, earning $41,187 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.16% less than the national average, earning $45,132 CAD 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
  • 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 Wehrstein
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