Weiße Surname

142,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Weiße Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weiße Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,1181:25,8203,416
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Weiße Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weiße has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Weiße? popularity and diffusion

The surname Weiße is the 142,635th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,336,501 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Weiße live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Weiße is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 3,118 people, or 1 in 25,820. In Germany Weiße is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 31 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Thuringia, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiße8918/
Weße8910/
Weise8031,206/
Beiße80252/
Wesie8075/
Wißer8051/
Weice8015/
Weßer8011/
Weißheit771/
Weisse733,468/
Wessie73914/
Weiche73428/
Wiesie73241/
Weesie73240/
Weshie7327/
Weijse7311/
Weicer737/
Wesied736/
Wießer734/
Weihse734/
Weishe731/
Weiesi731/
Wesier731/
Weisee731/
Weizze731/
Wesiea731/
Wesieh731/
Weisze731/
Weizeh731/
Wehise731/
Wesiey731/
Weiese730/
Weisey730/
Weisez730/
Weiise730/
Weisie730/
Wese671,896/
Wece67368/
Weiseth67342/
Weische67209/
Weiszer67147/
Weci67121/
Weichey6769/
Wiessie6769/
Weissie6746/
Viße6739/
Weisher6736/
Weihser6720/
Weiczer6718/
Wessieh6712/
Wiecier678/
Weichet675/
Weidche672/
Wiesier672/
Weiseer672/
Wheshie671/
Weichei671/
Weichee671/
Weiseit671/
Weishet671/
Weisseh671/
Wechihe671/
Waße671/
Weiseed671/
Weijser671/
Weßa671/
Weissed671/
Weieser670/
Weisech670/
Weiscer670/

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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 Weiße
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