Wensberg Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Norway

Wensberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wensberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden401:246,16917,052
Norway331:155,82719,235
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
France11:66,422,722504,397
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wensberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wensberg is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wensberg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,806,862nd most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Wensberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Wensberg are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 246,169. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Västra Götaland County, where 90 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Sweden Wensberg occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 23 percent reside.

Wensberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wensberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wensberg surname grew 2,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wensberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wensberg last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered with the political party.

The amount Wensberg earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 12.98% less than the national average, earning 301,161 kr per year and in United States they earn 28.1% more than the national average, earning $55,275 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 Wensberg
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