Weissen Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Weissen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 287 | 1:28,616 | 4,368 |
| Argentina | 40 | 1:1,068,585 | 65,578 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Weissen Demographics
Average Weissen Salary in
United States
$77,412 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Weissen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weissen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weissen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﺴﻨﻪ) has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Weissen.
How Common Is The Last Name Weissen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Weissen is the 739,868th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Weissen live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 28,616. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Valais, where 42 percent are found, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 14 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.
Weissen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weissen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weissen surname grew 225 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weissen Last Name Statistics demography
Weissen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 79.41% more than the national average, earning $77,412 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weissen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weissen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻳﺴﻨﻪ | wysnh | - |
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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 Weissen
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