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

Weisenstein is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Weisenstein? popularity and diffusion

Weisenstein is the 415,025th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,685,990 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Weisenstein live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 444 people, or 1 in 181,319. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 48 percent are found, Hesse, where 35 percent are found and Saarland, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name exists 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 frequency of Weisenstein has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 780 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Weisenstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Weisenstein last name are 32.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.95% registered to vote for the 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
  • 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 Weisenstein
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