Wergeland Surname

426,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 811 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wergeland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wergeland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway5981:8,599915
United States1221:2,970,975173,956
Sweden431:228,99415,912
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
England31:18,572,686338,250
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wergeland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wergeland has its highest incidence in Norway. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wergeland? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 426,196th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,985,877 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Wergeland live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Scandinavia.

Wergeland is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 598 people, or 1 in 8,599. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 49 percent live, Western Norway, where 42 percent live and Southern Norway, where 5 percent live. Beside Norway it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Sweden, where 5 percent live.

Wergeland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wergeland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wergeland surname expanded 12,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wergeland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wergeland surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wergeland earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 8.27% more than the national average, earning 374,712 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.31% more than the national average, earning $45,010 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.53% more than the national average, earning $53,422 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bergeland89259/
Wergelend891/
Viergelant741/
Vercelant671/
Virgilant566/
Virgilante533/

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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 Wergeland
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