Weissweiler Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Weissweiler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weissweiler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Weissweiler Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weissweiler occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Weissweiler? popularity and diffusion

The last name Weissweiler is the 2,944,094th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Weissweiler occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Weissweiler live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 18 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weisweiler95319/
Weisweiller9110/
Weissveiler912/
Weißweiler8667/
Wassweiler8632/
Weisweller864/
Wasswiler800/
Weweler78124/
Wahsweiler769/
Weiswaller760/
Weibeler7458/
Wewele7178/
Wiwile711/
Waxweiler70314/
Wasveiler7029/
Waßweiler7012/
Waishwile705/
Webeler6743/
Waswile6721/
Waswele674/
Weibele672/
Biswele671/
Weswale671/
Wewaler671/
Weibile670/

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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 Weissweiler
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