Wentorf Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wentorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wentorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany921:875,05962,702
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Wentorf Last Name Facts

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

Wentorf occurs most in Germany. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wentorf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,537,949th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Wentorf are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wentorf is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 875,059. In Germany Wentorf is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 54 percent reside, Hamburg, where 27 percent reside and Hesse, where 7 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Denmark, where 7 percent reside.

Wentorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wentorf last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wentorf earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.63% less than the national average, earning $38,563 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wentorff9320/
Wendtorf936/
Wendtorff8829/
Bentorf861/
Winthorff751/
Winterf713/
Wintourb671/
Wintharf670/
Wintarv571/
Winterw570/

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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 Wentorf
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