Werkheiser Surname

232,104th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Werkheiser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Werkheiser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6901:214,47320,913
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3111:161,47514,730

Werkheiser Last Name Facts

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

Werkheiser is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Werkheiser? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 232,104th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 4,188,245 people. The surname Werkheiser occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Werkheiser reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,690 people, or 1 in 214,473. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 49 percent live, Illinois, where 8 percent live and New Jersey, where 4 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Werkheiser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Werkheiser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Werkheiser last name increased 543 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Werkheiser Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Werkheiser surname are 16.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.76% being registered with the party.

Werkheiser earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.13% less than the national average, earning $40,937 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 Werkheiser
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