Wencke Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Wencke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wencke (2,356) may also be a first name.
Wencke Demographics
Average Wencke Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wencke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wencke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wencke is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wencke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,581,912th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. Wencke is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Wencke are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wencke is also the 153,159th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 2,356 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany Wencke is most prevalent in: Bremen, where 49 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 30 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Other than Germany Wencke occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent live and Poland, where 9 percent live.
Wencke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wencke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wencke surname grew 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wencke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wencke surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.
The amount Wencke earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 2.71% less than the national average, earning R 231,204 per year and in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 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
- 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 Wencke
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