Wernecke Surname
Approximately 3,822 people bear this surname
Wernecke Surname Definition:
(German) Variants of Warneke, q.v.
Wernecke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,796 | 1:28,793 | 3,788 |
| United States | 841 | 1:430,986 | 37,180 |
| Brazil | 77 | 1:2,780,186 | 82,572 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76 | 1:660,772 | 43,333 |
Wernecke Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Variants of Warneke, q.v.
Wernecke Demographics
Wernecke Political Affiliation
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Wernecke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wernecke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wernecke occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wernecke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 120,076th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,906,736 people. The last name Wernecke is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Wernecke live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 2,796 people, or 1 in 28,793. In Germany Wernecke is mostly concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 25 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Wernecke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wernecke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wernecke last name increased 1,107 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wernecke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wernecke last name are 20.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.58% registered with the party.
The amount Wernecke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 171.92% more than the national average, earning R 646,176 per year and in United States they earn 7.3% more than the national average, earning $46,300 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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