Werneburg Surname

582,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Werneburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Werneburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3631:221,77824,859
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Israel201:427,88233,464
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Werneburg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Werneburg is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Werneburg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 582,011th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,520,493 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Werneburg reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Werneburg is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 221,778. In Germany Werneburg is most numerous in: Thuringia, where 56 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found and Hesse, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Werneburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Werneburg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 345 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Werneburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Werneburg last name are 34.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.25% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Werneburg earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.31% more than the national average, earning $51,913 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.72% more than the national average, earning $56,002 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wernemburg951/
Berneburg89363/
Werneberg895/
Werneborg893/
Warneburg891/
Werneburgová861/
Virneburg7830/
Berneberg7818/
Warneberg781/
Bjørneberg6332/

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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 Werneburg
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