Weidow Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Weidow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weidow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3811:951,33670,955
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Weidow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weidow occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Weidow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weidow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 723,769th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname Weidow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Weidow are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Weidow is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 381 people, or 1 in 951,336. In The United States Weidow is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 43 percent are found, Montana, where 18 percent are found and Maryland, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent are found and Somalia, where 0 percent are found.

Weidow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Weidow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Weidow last name increased 1,657 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Weidow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Weidow surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Weidow earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.73% less than the national average, earning $34,634 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weidowe921/
Weidoew921/
Weiodow920/
Wedow91688/
Widow91386/
Wiedow83568/
Weydow83304/
Weidaw83148/
Widdow8310/
Waedow838/
Widowa833/
Weadow833/
Waidow831/
Weedow831/
Beidow831/
Wehdow831/
Wedows830/
Whedow830/
Wetdow830/
Widdows771,742/
Weidoff7712/
Wiedouw7711/
Wheadow772/
Wuidows770/
Weadows770/
Weddows770/
Widov7315/
Wydow7310/
Vidow739/
Wädow734/
Uidow731/
Wadow731/
Widaw731/
Wedaw731/
Weidhopf711/
Weidhoft711/
Whittdow710/
Widoff67172/
Wydouw6791/
Beadow6752/
Wedoff6745/
Weidehoff6738/
Beidov675/
Wadoww674/
Wadowa672/
Waddow671/
Wiedaw671/
Whadow671/
Vidowa671/
Viedow671/
Waydow671/
Widhof671/
Widoof671/
Wadhow671/
Wadows670/
Weddaw670/
Biddow670/

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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 Weidow
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