Weiffen Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Weiffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 215 | 1:374,444 | 35,419 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Weiffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weiffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weiffen is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weiffen? popularity and diffusion
Weiffen is the 1,118,459th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Weiffen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 374,444. In Germany Weiffen is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 89 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent live and Bavaria, where 1 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 0 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiffen | 92 | 1,921 | / |
| Weifen | 92 | 32 | / |
| Weihoffen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Whiffen | 86 | 1,760 | / |
| Weuffen | 86 | 196 | / |
| Wifffen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wuiffen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wheffen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Weihofen | 80 | 213 | / |
| Biffen | 77 | 400 | / |
| Wiffin | 77 | 223 | / |
| Waffen | 77 | 99 | / |
| Weufen | 77 | 13 | / |
| Wefeng | 77 | 9 | / |
| Beifen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Woifen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whifen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weefen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beffen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wetfen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wefn | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wifn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whiffin | 71 | 1,109 | / |
| Whiffem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hweefen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wauffen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Viffenk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wiffink | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wiffing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weffing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weyhofen | 67 | 115 | / |
| Whiffing | 67 | 90 | / |
| Bifen | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wafen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wifin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Befen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wefin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vifen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wefnn | 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
- 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 Weiffen
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