Wellmeyer Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wellmeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1951:412,84937,725
United States991:3,661,201203,401
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Wellmeyer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wellmeyer has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellmeyer? popularity and diffusion

Wellmeyer is the 904,049th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Wellmeyer live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wellmeyer is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 412,849. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 51 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and New Zealand, where 0 percent are found.

Wellmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wellmeyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wellmeyer last name increased 215 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wellmeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wellmeyer last name are 24.06% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.83% being registered with the party.

Wellmeyer earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.33% less than the national average, earning $43,007 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 Wellmeyer
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