Weisenstein Surname

415,025th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Weisenstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weisenstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4441:181,31921,183
United States3901:929,38269,672
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Weisenstein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weisenstein is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weisenstein? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 415,025th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,685,990 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Weisenstein reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 444 people, or 1 in 181,319. In Germany it is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 48 percent are found, Hesse, where 35 percent are found and Saarland, where 9 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 46 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Weisenstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Weisenstein has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weisenstein last name increased 780 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Weisenstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Weisenstein last name are 32.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.95% registered to vote for the political party.

Weisenstein earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.04% more than the national average, earning $44,031 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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  • 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 Weisenstein
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